hi all

not sure if you can remember but i told you my boss was going to dissmiss me on capability due to my disability (RA) i went to the union and they ask what resanable ajustments they had made and it was none well we have been at it more then 1yr but it is coming to a end Hooray and I have had an agreemnet from them but also a gaging claws so i can not tell anyone but all i will say is the union where great the solicitors where great as well and all I can say is it was sorted out before it got to court and i am happy so let you make your own minds up on this one. and all i can say is if anyone is going through this just keep going you will get there and good luck to you all and if any one wants any help or support ring Nras and keep posting on here it does help.

good luck to you all.

Audrey.

Audrey

Sounds like a stressful time for you.
I of of people where I work in the organisation with ms and ra.
They have gone to tribuneral and been "paid off" just before they gone to court. They still all work there, but it is about the way they are treated with their illnesses.

They have signed to say they can't disclose the closure or financial monies they have received.

I say good luck to them!!!

I have not had the need to do this, or not at any stage of uncapable at my job etc yet.

Earlier on in the year, I did something I have not done before.
I went down a "bullying" route with a colleague, took to stage 2.
Really stressful, felt awful for doing it. My aim was to have this behaviour logged with human resources and stopped. The person involved had an answer for all my points when questioned.
My superviser was weak, did not want to get involved and did not want to investigate in depth.

Other people have been subject of bullying and all too afraid of reporting it.

I did not go sick or make any scene during the procress or after.......she has had a gentle telling off. Kept her job to cause trouble another day. The good thing is I've shown her don't pick on me or I do something!!

No one at work knows I have ra, only occ health and management and the guy who representated unison for me.

When it came to me having my first op for ra things (foot) it taught me that I really needed the time off and relax, recharge my batteries. I had 3 months off, in pain but away from office madness!

I came back to work this week to face the person that bullied me for a long time, she trying to be my friend but I'm not interested.

At least I have 2 more operations to offer me another time off!!!
I love my job, but its awful when you are caught up with the politics of it. Next time I'm off sick and return I will be on an action plan and be in trouble.......ra taught me to let things go (and to smile more).

Audrey,
I hope you have come out the other side relieved? What a terrible time it must of been.
Take care, thinking of you.

Jane

Good luck Audrey - it sounds even better. And Jane, good luck to you too - I think you're both so brave. I haven't been working for a couple of years now, but your stories have encouraged me to want to get back and I went for an interview last week and am hoping - fingers crossed. I miss being part of a team and doing something worthwhile with my time, but I'm not sure if I'll cope. Still I won't know until I try

Cheers Sylvia xx

Hi Rose
Felt awful for doing what I did, but it had to be done to nip it in the bud.

Hopefully it sends a message out, we are at work to work and not to be there to be bullied!! Or my walking stick might chase them!!!

Jane
Xxx

It's nice to see people stiking to their guns when people try to do wrong by them.

I was also in this situation and was paid a settlement before it go to a hearing.

The one thing that made this possible for me was getting legal cover as part of my house insurance. It only costs about £20/£30 per year but it covered all of my solicitors costs (about £13,000) and I got to choose my own solicitor. Now I always make sure this cover is inluded when I re-new my cover as it took a lot of the stress away having a solicitor deal with everything.