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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