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  • [Deleted User]
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    OP is a troll - an employer saying you aren't allowed to talk to your partner you live with because you work together and they are suspended? Yeah right.
  • seashore22
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    camelot1971 wrote: »
    OP is a troll - an employer saying you aren't allowed to talk to your partner you live with because you work together and they are suspended? Yeah right.

    Tend to agree - lots of unlikely facts.
  • Ronaldo_Mconaldo
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    An obscene act? This fairt tale is great. What happened next?
  • IAmWales
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    Ronaldo_Mconaldo wrote: »
    An obscene act? This fairt tale is great. What happened next?

    Apparently a baby! :eek:

    OP if you are genuine then I'm sorry to hear your girlfriend may be having a miscarriage. It would be impossible to say if work stress caused it so do not accuse the employer of this, it will not help your girlfriend's situation. Focus on supporting her through her loss, not on spurious accusations.
  • System
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    Of course the employer can't demand that a husband and wife (or commonlaw) don't have any contact with each other. What would they want the OP to do, move out of the house? It does seem an unlikely scenario.
  • Fireflyaway
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    Doesn't sound realistic to expect you not to be in contact if you live together! Its probably just a standard letter you received. Re the pregnancy, it's true they might be more careful to follow things properly as discrimination because of pregnancy could backfire on them. I'm not a medical person but if a miscarriage has happened and I'm so sorry if it has, it would be very hard to prove why. Some figures suggest as many as 50% of pregnancies end in miscarriage most before the woman even knows she is pregnant.
    Its hard to wait but try to sit tight and take each step as it comes.
  • Undervalued
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    pioneer22 wrote: »
    Are you a doctor? A GP could say the stress is a likely cause of miscarriage......which it is when 9/10 women with increased cortisol levels miscarry.

    Cortisol does incredible things to the body

    Yes, but the GP doesn't know there has been any stress at work. All he knows is that the patient says there has been. The GP can assess the patient's health, provide treatment and certify that she is sick. He may be able to say that stress is the most likely cause but he cannot say, for certain, what has caused the stress. For all he knows the work situation could be idyllic, the actual cause is domestic and it is all an attempt to get compensation!
  • FBaby
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    Considering the commonality of early miscarriages and the fact that in many cases they are due to genetic factors I can't imagine any competent GP stating that a miscarriage at 5 weeks was caused by stress even implying that it was likely so.
  • honeypop
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    Spittingmad wrote: »
    her GP stated they will not provide information until a later date and was shocked at the question.

    Aside from all the other stuff, I'm surprised at this - some occupations need GP confirmation of a women being pregnant as soon as the women finds out, for H&S reasons (sometimes if the job is manual or dangerous etc), and so GP's must be used to providing early confirmation in some circumstances. Although there's usually a charge for them to write the letter.
  • Guest101
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    honeypop wrote: »
    Aside from all the other stuff, I'm surprised at this - some occupations need GP confirmation of a women being pregnant as soon as the women finds out, for H&S reasons (sometimes if the job is manual or dangerous etc), and so GP's must be used to providing early confirmation in some circumstances. Although there's usually a charge for them to write the letter.



    Most places will accept a pregnancy claim until the 12 or even 20 week point without written confirmation.
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