Work move location ,Appeal failed

grazzzz

Her appeal was done also by a computer form and it was explained that because she didnt put the information on her original form it would not be taken in to account. however she was told by her line manager initially it didnt need to be added as everyone would have there first or second choice of location my girlfriend got her 4th not that she wanted to move to her 2nd 3 rd or 4 th choice but was told she had to choose up 2 4 locations else the form would be rejected .
Her line manager says theres nothing can be done. hence the MO referral as shes refusing to go .they haven't even written to her GP to find out her condition.

tomtontom

As above, a computer would not make the decision - most likely is that she will have been assessed according to a competency matrix, her scores input into a computer, and then she'll have been ranked along with all the other applicants. The highest scoring applicants will get their first choice of location, and so on. Does she agree with the scores - is this what she has appealed against?

Has she provided evidence of her health condition?

grazzzz

she has not been given any scores her job is unique and she has the contacts to do the job she does all that will be lost . her department eventually will go over to the private sector.She has appealed on the basis that she cannot travel due to her conditions. She has a full medical report from her specialist consultant who in his opinion said the travel would aggravate and speed up her conditions and has said if they make her move she should be medically retired as it is putting her health on the line long and short term.

No they have not asked for any medical evidence written to her Dr or asked her permission to write to her Dr which they need to do first
Her appeal was rejected without any consideration.
Now she has asked to been seen by the MO they have had to postpone the move until he has seen her (this has been confirmed in the last few hours )

sangie595

It is very unusual for an employer the size of the Civil Service to, on the face of it, go out of their way to breach the Equality Act - which, based on what the OP says here, is what they are doing. Quite honestly, she isn't important enough or unique enough to warrant them making such a fuss over one person when the medical evidence is there - albeit it seems that it was only presented at a late stage.

Either they are having to follow due process because the medical evidence wasn't submitted, and so the medical officer is a formality. Or there is something else going on - another explanation for why they are acting like this. It isn't that I don't think the Civil Service could screw up. They do a great job of it regularly. But not usually on something so straight forward as an Equality Act provision. Could there be another reason, say sickness absence, that they might want to push her towards a decision to retire?

grazzzz

in 27 years she has 4 instances of sickness the longest for 2 weeks when she had her wisdom teeth out 12 years ago this was also the last time she was off sick.
there are 12 people across London that have been moved all there jobs are becoming multirole also to fit in with the new ways of working for when the new private sector takes over in a few years time

missbiggles1

You haven't mentioned any union involvement, weren't they able to help?

grazzzz

Yes there the ones that have insisted she sees the MO as say its not been a fair process

sangie595

Ok. So is she being assessed as being less capable of this multirole? Maybe they would prefer that she go? Or maybe they are doing some "housekeeping" before the roles are TUPE'd - in the private sector they would have less tolerance for disability as a rule.

It may be nothing more than ineptitude. But in my experience the Civil Service are not usually so bloody minded about disability. And the other posters are correct. No decisions are made by computers. Computers cannot make decisions. The computer may have analysed outcomes, but the parameters are set by people. That is why I asked about sickness specifically - that is often a parameter in decisions, and a computer cannot make allowances for disability and would require human intervention. But that doesn't appear to be the case if she has such a low record.

grazzzz

They havnt been told what the new job will entail they have been told it might be multirole and that they might be doing there original jobs as a property officer one day or washing cars another its ridiculous but they want everyone to be able to do the same jobs, which isnt a problem but not at the location shes being sent too. Basically the people at Bethnal Green didnt want to work at there location. she has been told its not personal but someones got to work there as they dont have enough staff there. she has been told to go there then reapply to come back to her original location which she has refused to do

Prothet_of_Doom

xapprenticex wrote: »

sounds like a job for the CAB, you need advice with this.

Start off with homework.

https://www.gov.uk/employer-relocation-your-rights