Any help would be appreciated. I took on a new job in November, I am in food production management and have been for years now. I always had some issues but the advances in insulin have always helped, just the nature of the job one minute quiet next all hell breaks loose because lines breakdown or a quality issue mean difficult to balance the long term insulin to not get caught high or low. I had been doing OK dealing with this in the past and was either working 8 hour shifts or 4 on 4 off so good time to recover if I had a bed shift. The new role is a 3 and 2 shift, along with that it is incredibly busy at the moment we are maxed out on capacity workload and the knock on affect is during my weekends on we do not finish all the work and it is expected to stay to job finish so these days becoming 14 hours plus travelling to and from work.
I am currently on the waiting list for a pump, hopefully this year and so when I was getting issues with not recovering on my days off especially if I had a course so only one day off I asked about temporary move to an hour role until I can get my pump. They was also advertising for a packaging store man at a similar rate of pay on an 8 hour position.
At first they asked me to stay on shift a little longer but they would look to see what they could do and as such it went down the list of priorities so I saw occupational health as I ended up off sick for a couple of day. Their report agreed recommending a temporary move to 8 hours while awaiting the pump.
Then yesterday I was taken in the office by the HR director and my operations manager and told that there was nothing in the business they could put me on, I questioned the packaging role and they said there had been a development in that they now want someone to be the next replacement for senior packaging buyer so this person will effectively become his Junior and I do not fit that role wwll enough, although external adverts for the job do not reflect this. They offered me 2 months notice plus I could complete a course I am doing with the business coming back in on the course days even if I find alternative employment.
When they asked me what i thought to that I said I did not like the uncertainty of leaving a job without another and the 2 months would go quickly trying to find employment especially as I would be a bit limited to shifts knowing what this role did and not having the pump yet. I said I would rather just stay on my 12 hour shift if there was truly nothing else in the business and take my job day by day while actively searching to leave. They did not look to happy with this and tried to use safety but I always as ops around me 100 under my management and have never lost consciousness in this role with the issues I am having and always treated my hypos.
The meeting was left there and I was told to not come in at 6 am for my shift Monday but 9 am and go straight for a meeting after taking the weekend to think about.
I was just wondering people's thoughts who potentially have been successful in gaining reasonable adjustments when company said not there as they moved the goalpost on the job I suggested and have 60-70 % 8 hour roles in the business. Has anybody challenged an employer on reasonable adjustments? There is also the worry of to take any further I have to raise a grievance which would effectively be me raising a grievance with HR against the HR director.
From the way I understand the law if I can prove there is reasonable adjustments especially with the occupational health recommending as a temporary measure until the pump the fact they were offering to pay me notice to leave the business for no other reason than this, my performance in general has never been in question targets and such. It sounds like discrimination as they do not want me in the business due to my condition.
Thanks in advance.
I am currently on the waiting list for a pump, hopefully this year and so when I was getting issues with not recovering on my days off especially if I had a course so only one day off I asked about temporary move to an hour role until I can get my pump. They was also advertising for a packaging store man at a similar rate of pay on an 8 hour position.
At first they asked me to stay on shift a little longer but they would look to see what they could do and as such it went down the list of priorities so I saw occupational health as I ended up off sick for a couple of day. Their report agreed recommending a temporary move to 8 hours while awaiting the pump.
Then yesterday I was taken in the office by the HR director and my operations manager and told that there was nothing in the business they could put me on, I questioned the packaging role and they said there had been a development in that they now want someone to be the next replacement for senior packaging buyer so this person will effectively become his Junior and I do not fit that role wwll enough, although external adverts for the job do not reflect this. They offered me 2 months notice plus I could complete a course I am doing with the business coming back in on the course days even if I find alternative employment.
When they asked me what i thought to that I said I did not like the uncertainty of leaving a job without another and the 2 months would go quickly trying to find employment especially as I would be a bit limited to shifts knowing what this role did and not having the pump yet. I said I would rather just stay on my 12 hour shift if there was truly nothing else in the business and take my job day by day while actively searching to leave. They did not look to happy with this and tried to use safety but I always as ops around me 100 under my management and have never lost consciousness in this role with the issues I am having and always treated my hypos.
The meeting was left there and I was told to not come in at 6 am for my shift Monday but 9 am and go straight for a meeting after taking the weekend to think about.
I was just wondering people's thoughts who potentially have been successful in gaining reasonable adjustments when company said not there as they moved the goalpost on the job I suggested and have 60-70 % 8 hour roles in the business. Has anybody challenged an employer on reasonable adjustments? There is also the worry of to take any further I have to raise a grievance which would effectively be me raising a grievance with HR against the HR director.
From the way I understand the law if I can prove there is reasonable adjustments especially with the occupational health recommending as a temporary measure until the pump the fact they were offering to pay me notice to leave the business for no other reason than this, my performance in general has never been in question targets and such. It sounds like discrimination as they do not want me in the business due to my condition.
Thanks in advance.