Grievance

ellen18
ellen18 Community member Posts: 6 Listener
edited November 2 in Work

Hello , i hope everyone is well today

This forum is really helping me as i have a disability and it’s all new .

Can i ask please what people’s experiences are of raising a grievance at work due to failure to provide reasonable adjustments ?i am terrified, anxious and trying to be brave as i requested to work from home just now and have 2 occupational health reports recommending this but working from home has been ignored. my employer has not provided written explanations, offered me another job with 2 hours extra travel per day, now asking me to attend an attendance meeting as i’ve been off for 6 months and have no more income from my workplace

i’m scared of being sacked

i’ve only been absent due to my disability

i’m sooo anxious . Any advice is truly appreciated.

I was advised by acas to raise a formal grievance but i’m not with a union so i need to go myself and don’t know what to do or what to expect

sorry for the long post

thankyou

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  • Bydand
    Bydand Community member Posts: 189 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/124885/grievance

    Hi, when it comes to reasonable adjustments you wouldn’t be the first employee to run in to difficulties, the sad fact is that some employers are either lacking the correct knowledge or don’t want to accommodate.

    The good thing for an employee is that you have certain rights although not every employee wants to highlight these to their employer for fear of rocking the boat.

    An employer is obligated to consider a request for reasonable adjustments and look into any OH recommendation, but they are not obligated to agree or put anything into force, however they must give written notification of the reasons that they cannot accommodate you and have a discussion with you on how to proceed.

    If I were in your shoes I would raise a grievance being specific about how you feel they have not complied with law and ask for the written notification of their decision not to put reasonable adjustments in place asap, you are entitled to have it.

    From there you can consider your options, however things at this stage can move very quickly so you need to be proactive.

    If you work for a company with an HR dept you can ask to have a copy of the grievance procedure and they should be able to provide it.

  • ellen18
    ellen18 Community member Posts: 6 Listener

    Thankyou so much for the replies to my post about a grievance

    i appreciate your time and honest opinions and it helps me very much

    i got a copy of the grievance policy from HR and i put a grievance in and stated they had failed to make reasonable adjustments and i had no written explanation as to why

    i know my workplace want rid of me. i feel so low and i am trying to be well enough to stay strong

    thankyou for your support

  • Bydand
    Bydand Community member Posts: 189 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/935703#Comment_935703

    Hi, I am not surprised you feel pretty low, things like this shouldn’t be so difficult but unfortunately are more common than you might think.

    I am glad that you have found the courage to submit a grievance, that can be a pretty scary prospect so well done. Just don’t start second guessing yourself or feeling that you shouldn’t have…..if you believe your employer might sack you anyway then you have nothing to lose.

    It is an important first step though as getting information properly recorded with HR is vital, both for you and the employer…..just make sure if you can that you keep a record of dates, meeting minutes, emails etc

    My only other advice would be do not make things personal ( not easy to do ), in any correspondence whether face to face or by phone, email etc stick to the facts as you see them. If you are asked to attend any meeting of any kind you as an employee have the right to ask someone to attend with you ( this doesn’t need to be someone from a union which can be helpful, but can also be a colleague, HR representative or sometimes even a friend )

    By raising a grievance your employer should now follow their own grievance procedure so make yourself aware of what this might be. i.e next stage, timescales an employer has etc. Having a knowledge of a policy or procedure puts you on an equal footing.

    Truly hope you get on ok and you are able to resolve the issues.

    S

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