Dear Sharon/Janet

It's called the Egg-Shell syndrome - he/she is vulnerable and
forseeability from the employer's perspective - if the employee has an
existing medical condition which can be made worse by work and the
employer has this information, the employer has an additional duty of care
to ensure that the employee's condition is not 'made worse/exacerbated by
work.' See 'Walker versus Northumberland County Council.'  For example,if
you have an employee with depression caused by excessive workload off
work, ensure when he returns to work that his workload is reasonable by
risk reduction/reduced to a manageable situation to avoid an exacerbation
of his/her condition with open discussion regarding work ability/any
concerns for some weeks following return to work.

Best regards

Catherine Mackay
>
> I think that in law the employer may well have an "increased duty of care"
> if they are aware that any of their employees may be vulnerable to harm of
> any type. Not sure that it applies specifically to those injured at work.
> However - cant tell you which bit of legislation this comes from off the
> top of my head or if it has been superceded by something else
>
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> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:37:33 +0100
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> Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] adjustments following an injury at work
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> Hi
> I am sure I read/heard somewhere that following an injury at work, greater
> care needs to be looked at with adjustments for returning to work but I
> can't find a source for this information - can anyone help please.
>
> I have also recently heard that a ball park figure of 7.5 kg's can be
> requested for those able to do manual handling but not heavy manual
> handling - does anyone know where I can evidence this?
>
> Thank you in anticipation
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Catherine Mackay
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