Sicknote injury

Cc23830 wrote: »

Hi guys, a little bit of reassuring would be great.
So about a month ago i had a pain in my knee, i went to a gp and he said take it easy and arranged physio. Ive been twice, my employer is aware. BT.
On friday in the pouring rain i slipped off my van back step getting a ladder down and felt like i injured it worse. I went to a+e who advised i had soft tissue damage and inflammation. They also advised me resting it from my job for a few weeks. Gp agreed and signed me off work. I took my dog on a short walk yesterday and my manager called me today saying ive been caught walking and saying he thought it was worse. It actually made me feel very uncomfortable as i have always been honest. The union for the company i work for keep asking me to claim for a slip trip or fall but i refused as i felt like im better than that. I feel like im a stand up guy. But this has annoyed me. Should i jist let it go and accept there are always snakes or should i tell my manager how i feel??

What does your job entail? you surely can see how it doesn't look great right?

Your union is advising you to make a claim? How did they even know about it if you haven't raised it with them? Was the employer in some way negligent in causing it to rain or for your slipping on a step in the rain? That's all something of a red herring, isn't it?

If it is that severe an injury that it requires weeks to recover from, I'd have thought that walking the dog a few days later might be inadvisable, but I presume that the person who reported you will have observed the difficulty you were having walking as a result of the injury. So the manager will know that you aren't swinging the lead. Unless he's been led to believe it's a much worse injury than you actually have, in which case I think it's entirely reasonable of him to question something which had been reported to him. Especially since, if you were thinking of making a claim, which you obviously aren't, that witness might be called upon to make a statement about what they saw.

Personally, I'd keep quiet, stop walking the dog, and not push the matter any further. You might not like the outcome.

I would contact your manager and explain what you have here - that yes, you were walking as you've ben advised by your doctor to try to keep your knee moving, so you are trying to continue to use it for short walks etc, but that you cannot climb, kneel or do a lot of walking (or whatever description is accurate), and that you are following medical advice with regard to how much and what you do.

Walking the dog and climbing ladders are totally different scenarios!