Hi I'm asking for some advice. After a year of bullying at work due to my disabilities physical and mental I was signed off work in late November last year. My Employer suggested I might be signed off or had I considered medical retirement on many occasions. I was struggling especially when he moved to a different location but really tried to stay working. I have severe Osteoarthritis, severe Foramimal narrowing cervical and lumbar and PTSD. In February he hand delivered my dismissal due to a work capability assessment he did from which he decided that I was not fit enough to perform the role I was employed for 10 years ago. I filled in a UC50 form and due to all the evidence I sent I have LCWRA without the need for an assessment. The dismissal letter was awful saying that as I suffered falls I could no longer be left alone and he would have to employ someone else to be with me on his days off. He said my being there was impeding the smooth running of his business. He said that as the toilet was downstairs at the new location that was a reasonable adjustment despite the fact it was too low with no grab rail and I had fallen off it. He said he had supplied a stool with a back but said that as I had been signed off I didn't have a chance to use it. He never mentioned the stool or asked if I needed a chair with suitable lumbar support. The only place to eat lunch was up a dark steep flight of stairs that I couldn't get up. So I was left to eat lunch in the shop with a bully so I didn't eat lunch. The only parking place close to the shop he took leaving me to park elsewhere and there was no long stay disabled parking close by. He said that I became flustered with technology and had given me a verbal warning due to not being trained to do a refund and making a mistake.As I was dismissed giving notice my last day of employment was the 17th May.
My question is after all the bullying and being devalued undermined and criticised should I just put it behind me as my Husband advises or stand up for other disabled people and name and shame him. Especially in the light of the Government wanting to get disabled people back into work.
I'm nearly 63 and worn out physically and mentally. I fall over alot and the Stenosis symptoms are becoming more debilitating. I think it's wrong on so many levels for an employer to behave like this as when my symptoms got worse he turned on me. He said that he was having to do more as I couldn't do as much as before!!!! Poor him.
Is there a way I can do this that doesn't involve my having the turmoil of facing him but just making him aware of the discrimination or should I just get some **** and go through the process no matter how hard it might be.
Best wishes all
Lix
