this is difficult and sounds very severe
the act applys in many ways to the DDA and i agree that you will
never be able to eliminate complete risk given what you have said
the employee must also be reasonable about this and see the actions
of her email - i would find out from her what she means by this
and find out even how she gets to and from work etc.. does she take
public transport - unless she is sitting with a placard over her how
are people to know
remember adjustments can only be offered and what she is asking may
be unreasonable in this situation and further advice from you with
this might help
to alleviate the concerns from her actions.
i would ask her to see you take a history and maybe write to her
specialist in this case to find out where this absurd 7 metre rule
comes from
steph
On 9 Dec 2010, at 08:40, Occupationalhealth wrote:
> Good morning all,
>
> Would someone who has a peanut allergy be considered under the
> Equality
> Act 2010?
>
> I have an employee who states they have a severe peanut allergy,
> recently sent an email to everyone in the department asking them if
> they
> eat nuts or foods which contain nuts or nut dust to keep a 7 meter
> distance from her. This is causing a lot of consternation with people
> working on the same floor.
>
> While I wish to be sympathetic, the department is very a busy highly
> stressful one with people grazing at their desks all the time.
>
> I would appreciate your thoughts and management experience of such
> cases.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Grant
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