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Reasonableness from an operational point of view not a 'life' perspective? Regards, Carr On Sep 29, 2012 10:59 AM, "Lindsey Hall" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I agree with the premise that we are not experts in the particular > medical condition but should be experts in the workplace and how this can > accommodate the condition. However, I don’t know when this article was > written but I think it needs a bit of updating:**** > > **1) **GMC Guidelines on Occupational Health reports, Oct 2010 > states that we do need to give the employee a chance to see what we have > written. I know that strictly speaking this only applies to doctors but in > the OH provider market place my view is that we should all be complying > with this. **** > > **2) **DDA has now been subsumed into the Equality Act.**** > > **3) **My understanding of tribunals is that they are not just about > reasonableness. That should be the basis of any decision but they are > often more about whether the employer followed its own procedures and stuck > fairly to what these state it should have done – even if this can appear > unreasonable to the employee. What is reasonable to one side might not > appear reasonable to the other so advising that a decision will be solely > based on reasonableness might be a bit of a red herring. **** > > ** ** > > Thanks**** > > ** ** > > Lindsey**** > > ** ** > > Lindsey Hall**** > > Director and Independent Occupational Health Adviser**** > > Split Dimension Ltd**** > > Phone: 01454 852715**** > > Fax: 01454 740045**** > > Mobile: 07771 596111**** > > Web: www.splitdimension.co.uk <http://www.splitdimension.co.uk%20> **** > > Twitter: https://twitter.com/splitdimension**** > > The Health at Work Guide to Life - out now!<http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0097QFTFO/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B0097QFTFO&linkCode=as2&tag=splitdimen-21> > **** > > ** ** > > This electronic transmission is strictly confidential and intended solely > for the addressee. If you are not the named addressee or think you may not > be the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, > print or rely on the contents of this transmission and should destroy it > immediately. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify > me as soon as possible. > > Please note that Split Dimension does not accept any responsibility for > viruses, malware or any other potentially harmful programmes or systems and > it is your responsibility to protect your computer systems against any > possible contamination that might be contained in transmissions and/or > attachments.**** > > ** ** > > Split Dimension Ltd. Registered in England and Wales. No 5725582. **** > > ** ** > > *From:* [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On > Behalf Of *Carr Barnes > *Sent:* 28 September 2012 20:59 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* [OCC-HEALTH] Occupational health are not experts ...... > discuss :)**** > > ** ** > Hello my esteemed colleagues**** ** ** Just found this nice little sound > bite that others might find helpful **** > > Most occupational health advisers will not be experts in the particular > medical condition or impairment that someone has - but their specialism is > in occupational effects**** > > ** ** > > Source is > http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/equality/disability_equality_toolkit/medical_information__making_the_most_of_experts.cfm > .**** > > ******************************** 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 > ******************************** 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