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I would be sympathetic to her case as there could be health implications and not just an exacerbation of her MS should she fall. The lady may be more likely to fall due to her condition as MS is associated with difficulties with balance, loss of feeling in the extremeties etc etc. However, I would also bat it back to management. You have not indicated any details of her post. Perhaps her manager may be able identify any elements of her work requirements which she could undertake from home. Anne On 6/1/10 14:53, "Naylor, Sharon [HMPS]" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > We would make special allowances for someone having time off for > treatment appertaining to an underlying disability (a form of special > leave, or make allowances for the individual to work from home ) but > that is because its actually happening at that time - cant really see > that it would be granted just in case they slip over? Or am i being too > literal? > > HR, not clinical issue i would have thought - > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Derek Wilkinson > Sent: 06 January 2010 14:28 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] Disability Discrimination Act and Adverse Weather > > Happy new year to all, > > I wonder if anyone has any thoughts with regards to the following which > came > across my desk this morning: > > An employee of a local council has MS and normally manages to meet the > full > responsibilities of her post. However, like most of us over the last > couple of > days has found it difficult to get into work because of the fine weather > we > have all been enjoying. > > This person could not make it into work this morning and rang to inform > line > management to be told that this would have to be taken from normal leave > > entitlement. The person concerned suggested that because of the > underlying > MS, that there was a higher risk to themselves should they slip in the > snow > because this would cause an exacerbation of previous MS symptoms, > stating > that this has happened previously. The person concerned wants line > management to view this absence differently under DDA and make allowance > > for the conditionand it not affecting their leave entitlement. Whilst I > have my > own thoughts with regards to this, I would be grateful for any opinions > that > other people might have so that at least I can respond with some degree > of > confidence. > > Thanks in anticipation, > > Derek Wilkinson RGN, Dip (OH) > Lead OHA Capita Health Solutions > > ******************************** > Please remove this footer before replying. > > OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html > > CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH > > OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION > http://www.aohne.org.uk > > This email was received from the INTERNET and scanned by the Government > Secure Intranet anti-virus service supplied by Cable&Wireless in > partnership with MessageLabs. (CCTM Certificate Number 2009/09/0052.) In > case of problems, please call your organisation's IT Helpdesk. > Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or > recorded for legal purposes. > > The original of this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure > Intranet virus scanning service supplied by Cable&Wireless in partnership with > MessageLabs. (CCTM Certificate Number 2009/09/0052.) On leaving the GSi this > email was certified virus free. > Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or > recorded for legal purposes. > > ******************************** > Please remove this footer before replying. > > OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html > > CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH > > OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION > http://www.aohne.org.uk > ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION http://www.aohne.org.uk