Well i would feel a bit lost too
looking at this if they have a sensitivity any repeated exposure
could result further flare ups that may worsen with repeated exposure
you have clearly looked at the risks and there may be complexities
and inflexibility's however the questions i would ask myself are
- how was this diagnosed - was it by patch testing??
- have specifics on what it is she is allergic too and work with
health and safety on reducing/minimising exposure as far as
reasonably practicable
- perhaps call the specialist to advise your needing information as
the employee is making attempts to expedite a RTW and you want to
make sure you have considered the risks
- i would stand my ground with the employee and advise her in the
interests of her health you and her employer need more advice before
you would support a return to work even have her call the specialist
to advise or her issues
- very interesting case
steph nicoll
On 29 Sep 2011, at 13:19, Lesley Bamford wrote:
> Hi List,
>
>
> I seem to be getting a lot of very interesting cases just lately!
>
> I have just had an employee referred who says has just been
> diagnosed with Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) and CFS. I
> admittedly know very little about both although CFS is much easier
> to research. I have written to the consultant but in the interim am
> at a bit of a loss as to what to recommend.
> The individual tells me that regarding the MCS they usually have
> severe reactions to medicines and tend to come out in rashes and
> hives and have respiratory symptoms if exposed to allergens. The
> main ones of these appear to be dust and strong smelling chemicals
> (non specific)- This individual works for a company that repairs
> concrete (so lots of dust and resins etc). The role is general
> office manager. It is a small company so they deal with everything
> basically, including recieving delivery of the chemical stocks,
> wages and HR- so they interact with the guys who have been dealing
> directly with the dust and chemicals, so very difficult to isolate
> them without recommending they only do a very reduced role.
> Individual cannot afford to reduce hours, v small company no where
> to move to or redeploy, no capacity to move storage or re allocate
> jobs. They have been working there for 17 months.
> I am going to stop now!............any experience of this would be
> very gratefully recieved.
>
> Lesley
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