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Where do i stand with work?

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samuelw96

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Hello I am a 26 year old type 1 diabetic, I work for a big tech company selling computers and kitchen appliances (take a guess to where that is) I've worked there since 2018 and got diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2019. During this time I told my work about it and I was told that they would treat it very seriously. They did for the first 6 months but then as pressure increased and we got more and more short staffed, I was being told to wait for lunches as i just need to 'serve this one more customer'. Now you can be with a customer for a very long time, especially because we have to persuade them to buy a bunch of things for our KPI's and targets, you'd be threatened to be sacked over even if you missed one. I'd go back to a manger and the que would be even bigger and id keep getting denied lunches. I had no time to even get a drink of water let alone check my finger pricks. It would get so bad by the time i got to my lunch id be in a hypo. I was about to quit in 2020 because of how often it was happening and then i got the opportunity to work for home. It made my life a lot more easier to mange my diabetes and i would save money on travel and i wouldn't have such a long journey in. now its the end of 2022 and they are asking me to go back into store and i have refused because of how badly i was treated when it comes to my diabetes. Where do I stand with this?
 
samuelw96 said:
Where do I stand with this?
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They have to comply with the Equality Act, which covers making reasonable adjustments for an employee with diabetes:

Work and diabetes

This information is about how to manage diabetes at work and to support you in knowing your rights at work. Jump to:
www.diabetes.org.uk www.diabetes.org.uk
 
Antje77 said:
They have to comply with the Equality Act, which covers making reasonable adjustments for an employee with diabetes:
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Thank you and what if they aren't complying with that act? Where would go with that?
 
samuelw96 said:
Thank you and what if they aren't complying with that act? Where would go with that?
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Hi,

Welcome to the forum.

Your HR (Human resources) department should help, if your manager is unwilling to comply?
 
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