this is why I'm being guarded in my advice at present, and also, as she is angling to work at home, it could well open the flood gates!! ________________________________ From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Packham Sent: 03 June 2010 14:48 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] HRT Therapy and temperature control Before you start to consider 'reasonable adjustment', what are you adjusting for? If you don't know the cause, then what you do may cost the employer and achieve nothing, or it might even make the problem worse. I see this regularly when asked to advise on a suspected occupational skin problem. Assumptions have been made and action taken that has actually exacerbated the problem. So until the true cause of the problem has been identified, how are you going to know what to do? Chris EnviroDerm Services Unit 10, Building 11 The Mews Mitcheldean GL17 0SN Tel: +44 1386 832 311/831 777 www.enviroderm.co.uk The specialists in the prevention of avoidable damage to health due to environmental skin exposure ******************************** 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 ******************************** 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