work not letting me drop a shift so i can look after new baby

lovinituk

CornishWildFlower wrote: »

Work related stress.

Yes, but they would never instruct a company to do anything or even get involved with any direct communication with the company.

skintandscared_2

CornishWildFlower wrote: »

Failing all else (and it's personally not a route I would take lightly, by any stretch) see your GP and explain your situation, they may instruct the company to seek a solution i.e. reduce your hours, if it is causing you stress.

A doctor has no rights to "instruct" a company to do anything!! An employer has an obligation to CONSIDER adjusting working days/hours if requested, but are under no obligation whatsoever to actually do it if there is a good business reason not to.

Having said that, I would love to see the face of the manager who is told that their employee's doctor has said they're too stressed and must have every Saturday night off.... :rotfl: :rotfl:

skintandscared_2

CornishWildFlower wrote: »

Why? work related stress is really quite common and most companies will look at it if it's raised as an issue.

It's not work related stress ... it's wanting a Saturday night off so they don't have to pay for childcare!!!

CornishWildFlower

They can and do support peoples requests when it comes to a point where it will impact on welfare, whether that of the employee or a dependant. A person that I work with had their hours changed (after he was told no) when his GP wrote to them outlining that he was required to look after a disabled sister.

Don't shoot the messenger!

CornishWildFlower

lovinituk wrote: »

Yes, but they would never instruct a company to do anything or even get involved with any direct communication with the company.

OK, so 'instruct' was poor wording on my part.

lovinituk

CornishWildFlower wrote: »

They can and do support peoples requests when it comes to a point where it will impact on welfare, whether that of the employee or a dependant. A person that I work with had their hours changed (after he was told no) when his GP wrote to them outlining that he was required to look after a disabled sister.

Don't shoot the messenger!

The company would not have 'followed orders' of a GP. They would have considered the additional evidence presented by the GP and adjusted their decision based on it. GPs have no 'power' over any business.

Dunroamin

CornishWildFlower wrote: »

Work related stress.

She hasn't been at work for months!

skintandscared_2

CornishWildFlower wrote: »

They can and do support peoples requests when it comes to a point where it will impact on welfare, whether that of the employee or a dependant. A person that I work with had their hours changed (after he was told no) when his GP wrote to them outlining that he was required to look after a disabled sister.

Don't shoot the messenger!

And how does that situation bear the remotest relevance to the issue with this poster? Honestly, what do you think would happen if GPs could instruct the employers of every working mother in this country to work their business around the availability of those working mothers? This isn't about welfare or work related stress! It's what every parent in the world goes through.

CornishWildFlower

Don't jump all over me about it, whether she's been at work or not, she's been employed. It's not something (as previously said) that I would personally do, but it is an avenue open to her if she truly has no other option or feels that she hasn't. Simple as.

CornishWildFlower

skintandscared wrote: »

And how does that situation bear the remotest relevance to the issue with this poster? Honestly, what do you think would happen if GPs could instruct the employers of every working mother in this country to work their business around the availability of those working mothers? This isn't about welfare or work related stress! It's what every parent in the world goes through.

It happens, day in and day out. Not everybody feels the need, I haven't and millions of others haven't, but it is there for those that do.