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<blockquote data-quote="RAH79" data-source="post: 886710" data-attributes="member: 186173"><p>Hi Beat2K</p><p></p><p>I hate it when this happens, I've read about Employment Law cases where employers have failed to support their employees with Type 1 Diabetes which have led to serious health issues for the employee. In a BT case involving a contact centre employee, (<strong><span style="font-size: 12px">British Telecommunications plc v Pousson UKEAT/0347/SM)</span></strong></p><p>it ended where he could never return to work because BT discouraged him from testing his blood sugars, and colleagues where offended because he was testing his BG in front of them. This cause him to avoid testing altogether and it ended up where he hypo'd hit his head on the floor and suffered a serious head injury! The Employment Tribunal found in the Employee's favour as the Company failed to put the reasonable adjustments in place such as providing him with time to check his BG, access to regular food and water. You could use this case to show your Manager how important it is the ensure you are given reasonable adjustments such as a quiet room to allow you to take your medication (I have attached a link here in case you need to print off the full case notes, or you can simply google the above case law and there are loads of Law Firms and HR websites that provide discussions about it- <a href="http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/markup.cgi?doc=/uk/cases/UKEAT/2005/0347_04_0508.html" target="_blank">http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/markup.cgi?doc=/uk/cases/UKEAT/2005/0347_04_0508.html</a>). I used to use the toilet because I was afraid of people's reaction, I have now been allowed to use the First Aid Room. Or if I don't want to use that (As I've raised concerns over - what if someone is already in there!) I now check my BG and take my insulin in my car in the Car park. My manager is completely fine with this and she often says that I should tell her where my car is parked in case I'm not well.</p><p></p><p>From a HR perspective, I can understand your manager is in a difficult position as a. He does have to investigate and resolve any concerns raised by staff, however b. He also has to ensure from an Employment law perspective that you are supported at work with a medical condition. The best resolution therefore from his perspective is to ensure you have somewhere quiet to go in order to take your medication or do a blood test as a reasonable adjustment. This would also keep those unsupportive, unbelievable narrow minded colleagues of yours happy (They should wish themselves lucky that they don't have to deal with the **** that we have to!!)</p><p></p><p>I know this means that you have to change the way you do things but it's like Miklo said, people are strange and very unforgiving when they can't be bothered to consider your feelings!</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RAH79, post: 886710, member: 186173"] Hi Beat2K I hate it when this happens, I've read about Employment Law cases where employers have failed to support their employees with Type 1 Diabetes which have led to serious health issues for the employee. In a BT case involving a contact centre employee, ([B][SIZE=3]British Telecommunications plc v Pousson UKEAT/0347/SM)[/SIZE][/B] it ended where he could never return to work because BT discouraged him from testing his blood sugars, and colleagues where offended because he was testing his BG in front of them. This cause him to avoid testing altogether and it ended up where he hypo'd hit his head on the floor and suffered a serious head injury! The Employment Tribunal found in the Employee's favour as the Company failed to put the reasonable adjustments in place such as providing him with time to check his BG, access to regular food and water. You could use this case to show your Manager how important it is the ensure you are given reasonable adjustments such as a quiet room to allow you to take your medication (I have attached a link here in case you need to print off the full case notes, or you can simply google the above case law and there are loads of Law Firms and HR websites that provide discussions about it- [URL]http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/markup.cgi?doc=/uk/cases/UKEAT/2005/0347_04_0508.html[/URL]). I used to use the toilet because I was afraid of people's reaction, I have now been allowed to use the First Aid Room. Or if I don't want to use that (As I've raised concerns over - what if someone is already in there!) I now check my BG and take my insulin in my car in the Car park. My manager is completely fine with this and she often says that I should tell her where my car is parked in case I'm not well. From a HR perspective, I can understand your manager is in a difficult position as a. He does have to investigate and resolve any concerns raised by staff, however b. He also has to ensure from an Employment law perspective that you are supported at work with a medical condition. The best resolution therefore from his perspective is to ensure you have somewhere quiet to go in order to take your medication or do a blood test as a reasonable adjustment. This would also keep those unsupportive, unbelievable narrow minded colleagues of yours happy (They should wish themselves lucky that they don't have to deal with the **** that we have to!!) I know this means that you have to change the way you do things but it's like Miklo said, people are strange and very unforgiving when they can't be bothered to consider your feelings! Hope this helps! [/QUOTE]
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