The company has to make reasonable adjustment for your husband but that does not include paying him for time away from his job for hospital appointments and eye screening.Hi I am new to this forum!
My husband has been Type 1 for 35 years and has never experienced any problems at work managing his Diabetes until now! He joined a water company in East Anglia just over 1 year ago and he made them aware of his condition when he applied.
When he was offered the job he was aware that he would be on a standby rota. He accepted this was part of the role but he was not made aware that it would mean that he would be expected to work in excess of a 12 hour continuous day!. Apart from the long hours envolved he does not always have access to a meal or a suitable environment to test and monitor his blood sugars.
He has also had issues with taking time off to attend diabetic and eye clinic appointments and has been told that the time must be taken out of his 23 days annual holiday allowance.
I was under the impression that Diabetes is classed as disability. The company has made no reasonable adjustments for his condition. Does anyone have any information regarding The Disability Act?
I assume you must have diabetic complications if not you've slipped through the net so I'd keep it quiet if I were youI'm registered as disabled with type 1 for 20 years, maybe ask his GP about the how to prove disability? It affects every day life and health, definitely a disability.
At work (I work at a hospital) we consider type 1 diabetics as having a disability alsoIf your hypo's include fitting, loss of coordination, dizziness, loss of concentration and affect you for long after you've had them (including the inability to walk for a few hours-happens to me sometimes) then yes, this counts as a disability.
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