Given absence warning in work

cdf99

So I’ve been given an absence warning today in work for having a few weeks off work due to my condition.. that’s covered under the equality act. I’m also currently waiting for medical appointment with consultant. And treatment. The manager was very unsupportive and basically just said my absence is not where it should be.. even though occupational health have said I’m covered under equality act and that due to all my many medical conditions my absence is expected to be higher.. I work full time had 2 occasions of absence in last 6 months 1 for 2 days and this latest lasting 3 weeks. Is it worth appealing this any advice 

janer1967

Hi and welcome to the community 

Ir may be worth appealing 

However yes you are covered under the equality act but that act doesn't state you have to be allowed more sickness absence due to your disability 

Some employers do make adjustments and disregard absences that are related to a disability but it isn't a legal requirement to do so 

They should support you to improve your attendance have you discussed any reasonable adjustments at all this could include discarding disability related absences 

You have an obligation in your contract to attend work on a regular basis though I don't feel your level of absence is excessive but would be a red flag 

Have a read of the attendance management policy and make sure they have followed their own policy as a starting point 

RSISolutions

What happens if you have a variable disability that causes you to take time off work and that no amounts of reasonable adjustments will help with reducing?

My sickness policy says that after 7 days this triggers a meeting. It also says disability related absences should be registered seperatley. However, they dont specify a limit on this. So if you have an unsympathetic line manager, this could be trouble for the employee.

Do you have examples of case law on this as I am not clear.

Taking disability related absences is stressfull for people who need do it regularly. It can actually make some conditions worse. This contribues to the statistic that a disabled person is up to 3.5 times more likley to be self employed.

Stellar

@RSISolutions might be worth making your own thread on your question. this post dates back to 2022 and its unlikely the other commenters in this thread are active.