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<blockquote data-quote="ert" data-source="post: 2095338" data-attributes="member: 504712"><p>Night rotas sound difficult. I'm sorry you're having a hard time. Being told you're not a team player and threatened with disciplinary because of a disability, is discrimination at work.</p><p>Have a look here: <a href="https://www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/life-with-diabetes/employment" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/life-with-diabetes/employment</a></p><p>'As someone living with diabetes in England, Scotland or Wales, your rights at work are set out in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance" target="_blank">the Equality Act 2010</a>.'</p><p>'Both these acts state the steps employers must follow in their treatment of employees and job seekers who have a disability. While you might not think of your diabetes as a disability, you should be protected by these acts.'</p><p>'The Equality Act 2010 describes a disability as a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial long-term negative effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. If you take medication, the decision is based on how your impairment would affect you if you didn’t take the medication. So, to ask whether diabetes fits the description of disability, you must consider the effect of diabetes if it wasn’t being treated.'</p><p>I hope you can find an HR manager that you can work through these issues with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ert, post: 2095338, member: 504712"] Night rotas sound difficult. I'm sorry you're having a hard time. Being told you're not a team player and threatened with disciplinary because of a disability, is discrimination at work. Have a look here: [URL]https://www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/life-with-diabetes/employment[/URL] 'As someone living with diabetes in England, Scotland or Wales, your rights at work are set out in [URL='https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance']the Equality Act 2010[/URL].' 'Both these acts state the steps employers must follow in their treatment of employees and job seekers who have a disability. While you might not think of your diabetes as a disability, you should be protected by these acts.' 'The Equality Act 2010 describes a disability as a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial long-term negative effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. If you take medication, the decision is based on how your impairment would affect you if you didn’t take the medication. So, to ask whether diabetes fits the description of disability, you must consider the effect of diabetes if it wasn’t being treated.' I hope you can find an HR manager that you can work through these issues with. [/QUOTE]
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