My boss isn't helping me

[Kazibo]

Can anyone tell me what rights do I have at work, my boss isn't helping or listening! Im so anxious

[jedimasterlincoln]

Rights in terms of what? Are you public or private sector? A lot will also depend on contract you signed.....

[CTG99]

Do you have an occupational health service you could speak to? If not in work, they would be the people who advise management on sickness absences and any adjustments or support that would be needed. (It may be a contract service provider.)

Caroline

[Kazibo in reply to CTG99]

Thankyou for that I'll contact them

[Loquitir]

Unity Law might be able to help if it gets to it.

[Kazibo in reply to Loquitir]

Thankyou thats helpful

[PeterWh]

Search on here because he's s has come up a few times. I have responded to a few on this subject.

[PeterWh in reply to PeterWh]

Should have been it's not he's (poor autocorrect).

[excalibur]

You haven't said what your job is or how your AF is impacting your work (I.e causing you to take days off sick or if you are making it in to work how it affects your ability to work). As someone has already said, there may be specific rules and procedures in your contract. If you do have access to an occupational health scheme the you should contact them. Your employer has an obligation to try to modify your work environment to take account of your disability if this is feasible. But also there may be conditions attached to your job that you have to be able to meet, and if you are unable to fulfil these the employer has a right to start redundancy procedures. In my experience private employers actually tend to be more flexible, and public sector employers tend to follow more rigid processes. But start with a request for an occupational health assessment which should involve input from your GP

Good luck

Lance

[Kazibo in reply to excalibur]

Im 53 and a Teaching assistant in a Special needs junior school for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties which affects there learning. We are trained and required at times when needed to physically manage a child if he becomes violent as a duty of care. After informing the head of my diognosis and condition which I tried to explain in detail, he said that I was to refrain from restraining children but is a requirement as a duty of care that I must engage in initial intervention- which means guiding a child to prevent harm, and a duty I am able to fulfill. However there are classes with children that the risk of violence is minimal and I am able to still perform my duties, however as my timetable at the moment requires me to work in different classes of which some are quite stressful with quite violent and disruptive children, Ive found my AF hard to cope with when managing their behaviour and attempting to support there learning.

Ive tried to explain this to the head but he said there was no where else to place me and said he would have a think. That was 2 weeks ago and im still doing the same timetable

[excalibur in reply to Kazibo]

Given the work environment you have described, there must be an occupational health service that you can access. I think you may have difficulty trying to dictate which classes you are willing to work in as the head is not likely to be sympathetic to this, it would have to come from some "official" source such as an OH assessment. Is your school an independent charity or a local authority run school? If your head isn't sympathetic, you could try appealing to the governors/trustees.

But it would be much better if you could get your head on side

Lance

[PeterWh in reply to excalibur]

Sometimes people in education are even harder to educate about new / changed situations!!! However you need to persevere.

[PeterWh in reply to PeterWh]

PS I gave quite a lot of information in an earlier post - look it up - I think it was to Gwen (with something added on in user name).

[buddje]

I think maybe you need to give your boss as much info about A fib as possible (depending on how confident you are about his response) -but ask your doc and a union rep or employment adviser first (try solicitor or job centre or Disablement Action Group if you have one )

Don t act alone !!!!!! A fib is as clear as mud with most people and a lot think it is a panic attack and query your competence at work due to mis information.

Its difficult because your anxiety could make it worse. It will work out but get people on your side. Support is important. You didn t give an age group ????