Hi!
I
have a question about reasonable adjustments being put in place and I
haven’t been able to find much information regarding my specific
situation.
I have anxiety (diagnosed at 17 and I’m 25 now so definitely long term!) and work in a front facing service.
I’ve
had some pretty bad flare ups which has caused me to miss work due to
sickness on quite a few occasions, so my employer has put some
accommodations in place,such as fresh air breaks when we’re
not busy and some time working in the back office, again while we’re not
busy and as long as my colleague (who also works front of house) also gets some time in back office so
that it is ‘fair’.
I have had an informal chat with my manager and asked if some hybrid working would be possible for days where I am really struggling. I've been told this isn't possible, but I'm a bit confused as we are allowed to work from home if there are train strikes, or if we have appointments/builders in the house (just a few examples).
It’s
really frustrating because having some hybrid working when needed would
really help me and also help reduce my absences, and we know that this
is possible as it’s been done before for myself on several occasions when there are
train strikes.
I’m aware of the
Equality Act and that I will be protected under this, I’ve also had a
meeting with occ health who are going to recommend the hybrid working as
they too think it will really help and is doable as we’ve done it
before just under different circumstances. I'm also going to chat with ACAS soon.
Just wondering if anybody has any suggestions or words of encouragement at all!
