Advice for Granddaughter

teajug

Hi my granddaughter has been off work due to her firm not making adjustments for her.

She took some time off as special leave and when she returned to work no adjustments were made for her despite AtoW sayin that she should have a special eqyuoment. She had an accident at work prior to her going off on the special leave and it was when she was off with that injury she got a call from her employer telling her that the special leave had been granted and not to return to return to work until her leave had expired which was six months later. When she returned to work no equipment was purchased by employer. My GD work for some weeks but could not manager staying in her job without the equipment as it was making her condition worse.

GD has been off work sick 5 months and employer wants to send her to OH which is OK by daughter but what the employer has put on the referral form is not correct, can my GD change the referral form to read what was and is at present.

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Horace

If no equipment has been purchased then she should get back in contact with Access to Work. I can remember when I had Access to Work visit my workplace, they made recommendations and gave me a list of suppliers for various items, it was then down to me to speak to my employer, order the equipment and advise Access to Work who paid for the larger portion of the cost with my employer paying a lesser amount.

I would be inclined to attend the Occupational Health appointment and at that appointment state that reasonable adjustments haven't been made. I wouldnt change the referral wording, I would wait until the appointment arrived and state the case.

teajug

Thanks for reply Horace, she has got back in contact with AtoW and told them that the equipment was not purchased, as it is a very large employer they would have to pay for all of the equipment. She needs more adjustments now, but do not expect employer will obliged and that is why they want their OHA to advise them on what her employer has written on their referral form which is not lying but very misleading showing my GD up in a bad light.

Employer did not want to let her have the referral form she had to chase them for it all they wanted was her consent in writing to send the form off to OHA which are an outside organisation and they will only contact her by phone that is why I think she should change the wording on the form to reflect the ture account of what happened.

heretolearn_2

She should not change the form - that would be forging information from her employer and it could lead to dismissal for gross misconduct. It's not her form to fill out.

she will be able to put across her version to OH at the meeting.

teajug

heretolearn wrote: »

She should not change the form - that would be forging information from her employer and it could lead to dismissal for gross misconduct. It's not her form to fill out.

she will be able to put across her version to OH at the meeting.

She will not change the form but will cross out what her company has put on and send her version back to employee to do another form with the correct version on it and let the employer do a new form on that basis. Her firm can send the form to the OHA. GD does not know the OHA address and also she will not get to see the OH in person as the interview will be done over the telephone as that is how her company OHA does the interviews with employees.

She cannot let her employer put misleading information on the referral form as it would put my GD at a disadvantage.
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Chr1s

I have just resgistered on this site after reading this question, and I just wanted to add a little bit of advice. A very similar thing happend with my son. But as we knew from previous experience how the company works, we decided to visit our Dr first, and let them know exactly what was going on at work with my son (as he had been having ongoing problems with them and it had started to affect his health). After we explained things to him and once he'd received the letter from the company OH, he sent them the details they required and nothing more. You have the right to do this. In our case it was a good job we did have a chat with the Dr before hand, because when we went to pick up a copy of the letter he had sent to the company OH, along with it came the information that company OH had sent, and it was completely full of lies. Each of the 6 points made was a lie, and they indicated that my son had been having problems around his disability , which he wasn't. In our experience, we have seen that if a company wants to get rid of someone, they will go to any lengths, legal or not.