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<blockquote data-quote="Durthic" data-source="post: 454373" data-attributes="member: 89445"><p>It sounds almost exactly like the treatment I got from my work (I work for Morrisons myself regrettably!) </p><p></p><p>Although I don't have diabetes, I was diagnosed with delayed onset complex post traumatic stress disorder (from my time in the military). I ended up being off work for over 3 months because of it.</p><p></p><p>My story is similar in the context that my work was pulling almost identical stunts as your store bosses are pulling. Occy health and my GP were asking for reasonable adjustments to be made (in my case it was not being left on my own as having someone to talk to keeps me on an even keel), but they were saying it was impossible to be able to comply with that (even though with working in a butchery, there should be two people in the department at all times for health and safety purposes).</p><p></p><p>My advice to you would be to stick to your guns and follow what occy health and the GP say. They are qualified to make the call to move you to a store closer to home. If the HR manager you have now said you couldn't move store on health grounds and you had a bad attack related to your diabetes, you would have all sorts of legal grounds to run roughshod over the company, especially as it would come to light that occy health and your GP both said it was best to move you closer to home for health reasons.</p><p></p><p>Basically they are doing the standard "It's a problem that could happen, but it hasn't happened yet" sort of things. Yes, OK, there is more to it in the grounds of resource management and budgetary concerns for the individual stores themselves, but to my mind if they had doctors saying to move you, then I'd be moving you.</p><p></p><p>Another agency to contact would be ACAS.(acas.org.uk) and give them a ring. They make any company (including the big supermarkets) quake in their boots when they find out that you have spoken to them. Just dropping their name pretty much made my bosses capitulate instantly.</p><p></p><p>From all I've read from what you've said, your focus is in the right place. Just keep focused on getting what is best for YOU. They have enough resources to move people around, but ultimately, it's your health, your family that it'll have an impact on. That is what comes first.</p><p></p><p>Hope it helps, and if you have it sorted out by now, then go you!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Durthic, post: 454373, member: 89445"] It sounds almost exactly like the treatment I got from my work (I work for Morrisons myself regrettably!) Although I don't have diabetes, I was diagnosed with delayed onset complex post traumatic stress disorder (from my time in the military). I ended up being off work for over 3 months because of it. My story is similar in the context that my work was pulling almost identical stunts as your store bosses are pulling. Occy health and my GP were asking for reasonable adjustments to be made (in my case it was not being left on my own as having someone to talk to keeps me on an even keel), but they were saying it was impossible to be able to comply with that (even though with working in a butchery, there should be two people in the department at all times for health and safety purposes). My advice to you would be to stick to your guns and follow what occy health and the GP say. They are qualified to make the call to move you to a store closer to home. If the HR manager you have now said you couldn't move store on health grounds and you had a bad attack related to your diabetes, you would have all sorts of legal grounds to run roughshod over the company, especially as it would come to light that occy health and your GP both said it was best to move you closer to home for health reasons. Basically they are doing the standard "It's a problem that could happen, but it hasn't happened yet" sort of things. Yes, OK, there is more to it in the grounds of resource management and budgetary concerns for the individual stores themselves, but to my mind if they had doctors saying to move you, then I'd be moving you. Another agency to contact would be ACAS.(acas.org.uk) and give them a ring. They make any company (including the big supermarkets) quake in their boots when they find out that you have spoken to them. Just dropping their name pretty much made my bosses capitulate instantly. From all I've read from what you've said, your focus is in the right place. Just keep focused on getting what is best for YOU. They have enough resources to move people around, but ultimately, it's your health, your family that it'll have an impact on. That is what comes first. Hope it helps, and if you have it sorted out by now, then go you! [/QUOTE]
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