Is it feasible that her duties could be covered via home working... I
know Personneltoday.com are calling for employers to facilitate this
where possible...
Roberta
On 06/01/2010 14:27, Derek Wilkinson wrote:
> 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
>
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