Harassment durin sick leave??

theoretica

How long until her current sick note expires? If light duties are offered I think it would be reasonable of her to say she will discuss these with her doctor when she renews the note. However, if she is still drugged to the eyeballs that might be an easily accepted reason why the doctor says she is unfit for all work.

Pay_me

All I can say is don't underestimate the injury. I have an arm that has a cable, plates and pins after an accident including breaking the shoulder and shattering the arm (twisting of the bone) etc. It took over a year before I was able to support the arm without a sling. 18 months before I could drive or hold any sort of weight such as a milk bottle etc. It was over 2 years before the arm regained all of it's movement about 85% of the original etc.

I was off work for around 15 months. Due to the injury and the intrusive work to fix the plates and pins etc. I did not see new bone growth for over 4 months after surgery. The slightest knock of my arm or upper body was excruciating.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Rule of BoP. My company does not pay sick, therefore if I am ill, none of their business.. Was called into Humaine Remains about time off after some recent tests, and time off I had taken recently. I asked if she paid my time off. She said no. I said, then what us the point of this interview. She shut her mouth.

daytona0

Pay_me wrote: »

All I can say is don't underestimate the injury. I have an arm that has a cable, plates and pins after an accident including breaking the shoulder and shattering the arm (twisting of the bone) etc. It took over a year before I was able to support the arm without a sling. 18 months before I could drive or hold any sort of weight such as a milk bottle etc. It was over 2 years before the arm regained all of it's movement about 85% of the original etc.

I was off work for around 15 months. Due to the injury and the intrusive work to fix the plates and pins etc. I did not see new bone growth for over 4 months after surgery. The slightest knock of my arm or upper body was excruciating.

May I inquire as to what your second arm was doing during this time?

Savvy_Sue

daytona0 wrote: »

May I inquire as to what your second arm was doing during this time?

As another 'shattered shoulder' sufferer, I can only say that when I saw someone in the fracture clinic the day after the injury, he wrote a fit note which said 'not fit for work' and signed me off for 8 weeks, no questions asked about what I did or where I did it.

And that assessment was accurate: I would not have been fit to travel to the office on public transport and do anything useful during those 8 weeks.

And when your arm is tied to your body (as mine was), the idea that you can give out leaflets is frankly laughable. You lose much more than the use of your arm: you may have severely restricted use of your hand, you can't pick up a pile of leaflets and hand them out one by one, you're constantly protective of the injured arm, it's awkward moving around and so on.

Frankly I'm surprised Tesco's insurers would want the OP on site at this stage.

OP, I fear I know the answer to this one, but is your wife in a union?

theoretica

An injured arm can make the rest of life so slow and draining there is much less energy or time left for work. Getting dressed one handed without jarring the injury, getting breakfast, going to the loo, shopping, making and eating dinner... I am sure the OP is helping with much of this, but probably can't do everything.

daytona0

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

As another 'shattered shoulder' sufferer, I can only say that when I saw someone in the fracture clinic the day after the injury, he wrote a fit note which said 'not fit for work' and signed me off for 8 weeks, no questions asked about what I did or where I did it.

And that assessment was accurate: I would not have been fit to travel to the office on public transport and do anything useful during those 8 weeks.

And when your arm is tied to your body (as mine was), the idea that you can give out leaflets is frankly laughable. You lose much more than the use of your arm: you may have severely restricted use of your hand, you can't pick up a pile of leaflets and hand them out one by one, you're constantly protective of the injured arm, it's awkward moving around and so on.

Frankly I'm surprised Tesco's insurers would want the OP on site at this stage.

OP, I fear I know the answer to this one, but is your wife in a union?

One of my ex colleagues got a fit note which stated 'not fit for work' due to frozen shoulder (I think) but they were perfectly capable of going out on the weekend and getting drunk, despite being off long term sick.

So, whilst your case is probably clear cut, maybe other cases are a shade of grey?

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

As another 'shattered shoulder' sufferer, I can only say that when I saw someone in the fracture clinic the day after the injury, he wrote a fit note which said 'not fit for work' and signed me off for 8 weeks, no questions asked about what I did or where I did it.

And that assessment was accurate: I would not have been fit to travel to the office on public transport and do anything useful during those 8 weeks.

And when your arm is tied to your body (as mine was), the idea that you can give out leaflets is frankly laughable. You lose much more than the use of your arm: you may have severely restricted use of your hand, you can't pick up a pile of leaflets and hand them out one by one, you're constantly protective of the injured arm, it's awkward moving around and so on.

Frankly I'm surprised Tesco's insurers would want the OP on site at this stage.

OP, I fear I know the answer to this one, but is your wife in a union?

If she's that bad, they probably won't. You seem to have failed to pick up on the fact that all they want to do is meet with her to find out.

Savvy_Sue

daytona0 wrote: »

One of my ex colleagues got a fit note which stated 'not fit for work' due to frozen shoulder (I think) but they were perfectly capable of going out on the weekend and getting drunk, despite being off long term sick.

So, whilst your case is probably clear cut, maybe other cases are a shade of grey?

Yup, but she's had surgery. She has a fit note which says 'not fit for work'.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »

If she's that bad, they probably won't. You seem to have failed to pick up on the fact that all they want to do is meet with her to find out.

But contact on a daily basis about return to work is a bit more than that.

sacha28

Sorry, no help at all but just reminded me of this :rotfl::rotfl: