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<blockquote data-quote="MickyFinn" data-source="post: 1236724" data-attributes="member: 280643"><p>With regards to a previous employer refusing to allow you to test bg levels at your desk, all employers are obliged by law to make reasonable adjustments for illnesses and disabilities. </p><p></p><p>You would not be harming anyone by testing at your desk, on the contrary, you're ensuring your own safety to continue work. It's petty discrimination at best. If they don't want you testing at your desk, they have to provide a suitable place to do so.</p><p></p><p>The jobcentre and DWP is only interested in removal of benefits in my experience. I have only been type 1 since last year, however, I have had Crohn's for 11 years. I had major surgery in 2011 that resulted in a ten week stay in hospital. I was told it would take two years to fully recover because of the severity of illness, yet the DWP called me in for a fit for work assessment within a month of leaving hospital. At the time I could barely walk, weighed 7st and needed assistance to navigate obstacles such as pavement curbs. They hounded me for months and even sent me a letter informing me that I had been cured of Crohn's, which is incurable. They also falsified answers I had given to questionnaires and on forms etc. Eventually I restarted my business and slowly got myself to work that way, but it was no thanks to the jobcentre or DWP. They only made it more difficult to get myself well and back to work. </p><p></p><p>I am not alone though, some are treated far worse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MickyFinn, post: 1236724, member: 280643"] With regards to a previous employer refusing to allow you to test bg levels at your desk, all employers are obliged by law to make reasonable adjustments for illnesses and disabilities. You would not be harming anyone by testing at your desk, on the contrary, you're ensuring your own safety to continue work. It's petty discrimination at best. If they don't want you testing at your desk, they have to provide a suitable place to do so. The jobcentre and DWP is only interested in removal of benefits in my experience. I have only been type 1 since last year, however, I have had Crohn's for 11 years. I had major surgery in 2011 that resulted in a ten week stay in hospital. I was told it would take two years to fully recover because of the severity of illness, yet the DWP called me in for a fit for work assessment within a month of leaving hospital. At the time I could barely walk, weighed 7st and needed assistance to navigate obstacles such as pavement curbs. They hounded me for months and even sent me a letter informing me that I had been cured of Crohn's, which is incurable. They also falsified answers I had given to questionnaires and on forms etc. Eventually I restarted my business and slowly got myself to work that way, but it was no thanks to the jobcentre or DWP. They only made it more difficult to get myself well and back to work. I am not alone though, some are treated far worse. [/QUOTE]
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