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Procedures for Long Term Sick
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You need to wake up to the fact that you need to provide a timeframe to your employer
Yes but this isn't very easy to do. With anxiety especially, you might be feeling that you can cope at home but setting foot in work triggers everything back up again and sets you back. I don't think the OP "need to wake up" to anything. Take the advice of your doctor, see Occupational Health if work requires it and concentrate on healing and getting better as much as you can.
I was off for just over 5 months for a similar reason and went back on a phased return. Work wanted me back to full-time after a week or two of reduced hours, which there was no way I was up to so I applied to go part-time. I could have probably argued for a longer phased return (my GP suggested months rather than weeks) but to avoid additional stress that's what I did.
Yes, it's normal for work to want an exact time frame and expect you to be better when you go back (unless managers have personal experience) and it's normal for them to have these procedures. At the end of the day, your health and well-being is the most important thing to you. Good luck with it. Hope you feel better soon
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I was off for just over 5 months for a similar reason and went back on a phased return. Work wanted me back to full-time after a week or two of reduced hours, which there was no way I was up to so I applied to go part-time. I could have probably argued for a longer phased return (my GP suggested months rather than weeks) but to avoid additional stress that's what I did.
I'm glad this worked our for you but I would normally urge people to be very careful indeed about cutting down to part time with the same employer.
Obviously it depends on the type of work and the employer but it is very easy to end up in a situation where you have all the hassles that would come with the full time job, an unrealistic workload and the only think that has dropped in proportion is the salary!0 -
Hubby is off work at the moment with a trapped nerve in his neck/shoulder and has handed in a self certificate and now a sick note for two weeks, but the Dr said it will take 4-6 weeks to get better and has referred him to see a physio
so we are hoping he will get SSP , but he is also supporting strike action by his Union and according to this he won't get SSP0
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