Advice

[Tommygurl]

Please could you lovely ppl give me some advice. I work in hospitality. On housekeeping I am a room checker and help out in housekeeping .

When I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in February I told my manager and showed her my NHS app to prove it and it was on my notes .

Last week she said to me " what is it you have "

I said "fibromyalgia "

She said "what is that "

I said " widespread pain "

My problem is I don't know how to put it into words to explain What it is and how it makes me feel .

I asked if I need to bring a fit for work note in from doctor she said no but I think I do .

So she understands the pain we all suffer with fibromyalgia

I need to talk to her about taking more breaks as I am so tired walking about in this 85 bedroom hotel .

Plz help x

[Dinkie]

Seems to me that they need to arrange an occupational health assessment so that reasonable adjustments can be put in place. That way it's in black and white what is required of your employers.

[Hazel_Angelstar Administrator FMA UK Staff]

You could give her a copy of FMA UK employers booklet (there's one for employees too). Www.fmauk.org/publications

[Tommygurl in reply to Hazel_Angelstar]

Thank you so much for this I will definitely pass this on to my manager x

[Nelly1]

Hi there,

There’s a previous post on here with lots of comments about how to explain Fibromyalgia.

I posted part 1 and Part 2. You could try and use parts of those posts.

healthunlocked.com/fibromya...

[Tommygurl in reply to Nelly1]

Thank you I will have a look at this x

[Mizzy11 in reply to Nelly1]

This is amazing , thank you for sharing with us. Xx

[Seascapes31]

🫶 thinking of you x

[Tommygurl in reply to Seascapes31]

I am so lucky I came across this group .No ones judges, everyone is here to help .

I appreciate each and everyone of you ❤

[Fibrooh]

As soon as you told your manager you had a condition that is considered a disability they should have told HR. This isn’t something your manager should deal with alone or ‘hide’ from the business as they have legal obligations under the Equality Act 2010.

[Tommygurl in reply to Fibrooh]

Thank you .I told my manager today about the Fmk uk employers booklet and that I will be sending her a link today .

She is the duty manager I then said I will also send to our higher manager she said no just send it to me as she is useless 🤷‍♀️

Do I wait for her to read it and wait for her reply or just send it to the higher manager as well

[jimmyshoes]

I gave my old boss a booklet i got to explain what it was it was really useful as explained clearly and helped him to understand me. Im sure its from FMA. Uk. Its an employers guide or something