scottyd
3 post s
5-Jun-2008
1:04 AM
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Has anyone else had problems getting their employers to understand the adverse effects stress can have on MG. HAve recently been so badly effected by work related stress I have had six MG crises over the stress caused. I cannot get them to understand that their not dealing with the source of the stress (work place harassment) "until you are healthy enough to go through the process" is only aggrevating my condition. This has gotten so bad that I recently felt compelled to hand in my resignation to try and force a solution.
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sally1louiselouise
571 post s
5-Jun-2008
1:46 AM
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Hi Scottyd Jane posted a thread about Workplace Posters a little while ago, I have bumped it up for you, may be worth a try for you to show to your employers. Best of luck to you. SALLY.
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South Wales
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scottyd
5 post s
5-Jun-2008
2:02 AM
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Many thanks for this Think these are the posters I helped launch through my workplace role as H&S officer for my company so think there is a set of these in the post to me
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bobtmf
265 post s
11-Jun-2008
11:54 PM
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Hello scottyd
Just a thought have you a occupational health department.
If you have it seems well worth the effort to get in touch with them. They are normaly pretty helpful.
If not try a union rep for some advice, this doesnt mean you are going to get them to take on the company!!!
you just need some sound advice about your treatment at work.
if you have a good OHD or union you should be able to come up with a solution.
Hope this helps
Regards
Bob
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Bob Barron
Margate Kent UK
Last Edited on 11-Jun-2008 11:55 PM
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scottyd
7 post s
12-Jun-2008
12:07 AM
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Thanks for your input Unfortunately we don't have an OHD - much to my GP's disgust and the company is nonunionised so don't have any internal mechanisms to follow other than HR and they are consistently blocking progress.
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bobtmf
266 post s
17-Jun-2008
7:51 AM
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you could also try Citizens Advice they are rearly good with advice etc. Just a thought
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Bob Barron
Margate Kent UK
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rachel73
10 post s
23-Jun-2008
4:35 AM
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hi
your not alone with the trouble with employers. Even if you do have an occupational health unit many companies don't use them or the nurses are paid by the company and only have their interests at heart. The problem is MG isn't understood by a lot of the medical communit so you are asking a lot of the simpletons in personnel.
My advice to you is keep a diary, also look at the DDA website and print off any information you can find regarding MG and stress. You need as Bob has said to contact the Citizens advice bureaux and you also need to see your disability advisor at the job centre who can advise you on the fact that your company are trying to constructively dismiss you . So they are making it so uncomfortable for you to work there that you will hand your notice in. By refusing to deal with the situation regardless of your disability is illegal and they are using your disability as a smoke screen. You need professional legal advice. You aren't alone I am going through the same thing after raising three grievances I have been told I am making my position untenable. Yet my initial grievance is still to be resolved. I am with the union but they are in bed with the company...So I fight on probably going to go for ill health retirement. Its rubbish after 18 years but thats life. I have decided I don't have to feel guilty about not being loyal to the company, they aren't being loyal to me.
I hope you get some resolution, good luck and keep your chin up x
Rachel
miserable in exmouth
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Jane
1 post
23-Jun-2008
6:49 AM
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An employer has a duty to make ' reasonable adjustments ' to your working arrangements if you are at a substantial disadvantage due to disability. The Disability Rights Commission in the UK ( telephone 08457 622 633 or www.drc-gb.org ) is the statutory body responsible for implementing legislation under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. If you arent communicating well with your employer and feel that you are being discriminated against because you suffer the effects of myasthenia, take expert advice from the CAB ( Citizens Advice Bureau ) or a law centre. If you belong to a Trade Union at work seek advice from them. ------------
Jane Knape
Assistant Office and Support Manager
MGA, Derby.
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K F D
9 post s
23-Jun-2008
9:13 AM
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Hi Scottyd, I too had trouble with my employer,a major supermarket, over the timing of my medication, and the fact that I needed to eat with the tablets[otherwise they go straight through]!!After several verbal attempts and FOUR letters to personnel, over a period of 14 months, I was so fed up, not being able to take a break when I needed to take the tablets, I had to wait,sometimes, depending who my superviser was, anything from 20 minutes to 2 hours,this became intolerable, the stress alone was making me worse.So one morning,having been told I couldn't go for my break now, yet again, I came home sick. Went to CAB they were fanstatic,proceeded towards a tribunal,they finally admitted that MG is a disability, which they denied to start with, and that I should have been able to take my medication,in the end they gave in, and paid up, not a lot but that was not the point of the exercise, I just don't want it to happen to anyone else. Regards Ken.
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scottyd
9 post s
18-Jul-2008
9:33 AM
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just thought I'd bring you up to date. Couldn't get any progress with employer so consulted a solicitor. Now he is taking employer to Industrial Tribunal for both constructive dismissal and disability discrimination. Thinks we have a fair case. Think the message is you have to stand up to employers otherwise they use ignorance as an excuse for abuse. D
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