I would appreciate the list's advice regarding the following scenario:-
A 51 year old SDS Facilitator (Social Worker) who is required to move with the rest of her team to a different location. The building she should be moving to is old, has poor lighting and not a lot of natural light either. It is very near electrical cables. She is currently off sick with an old back injury but there is an underlying problem which may prevent return to work once recovered from the back problem. She has a migraine associated vertigo and insists that this building brings on her symptoms within ten minutes of entering it. She cannot pinpoint what it is within the building that makes her unwell - which of course, makes it very difficult to make any recommendations regarding reasonable adjustments.
Historically, her health has always been affected by her anxiety levels which in turn are affected by her working environment and the issue with migraine associated vertigo has been ongoing; but she had settled in her current base. Previous adjustments have been flexible working, working two days per week from home and input from access to work in terms of desk, chair etc.
The problem is that she cannot work in isolation from the rest of the team and the rest of the team are in the new location. Management are trying to find a suitable room for her within the new location but she is resistant to the move. Does anyone have any thoughts?
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