Hi,

You're doing really well - however, your manager is not just a ******** but is ignorant of the law. If you have a Union talk to your rep and get them engaged, you might also want to contact your local MacMillan team and/or Citizens Advice.

Employers are legally obliged to make reasonable adjustments for anyone who is recovering from a severe illness. Here's some useful on the subject.

www.macmillan.org.uk/.../your-rights.html

www.breastcancercare.org.uk/.../going-back-work-after-treatment

m.acas.org.uk/index.aspx

Best wishes

Dave

Thanks Dave. 

No worries - I've seen this from both sides as a line manager and as a patient :-)

I’ve got a conversation arranged with said ******** for mid January. Unfortunately, this is part if a wider issue where I work, I’ve told him and made it clear that I will carry it through, that if I don’t get some support, I will go back off sick and cite work induced stress and poor management as the reason. Work stress is one of the few things that gets the organisation I work for off it’s corporate backside.  

I went back to work on a phased return, that was planned right from the start of treatment. What I went back to was the expectation that a) I was fully fit and the the phasing was to get used to being at work again and b) a full workload on part time hours. Very little had been done whilst I was absent and I had that to catch up as well. 

Sorry for the rant. 

No worries about the rant, that's what the forum is for :-)

My own phased return involved reduced hours and reduced responsibilities - especially some line management duties. These included, ironically, managing a colleague's phased return to work ;-)

Maybe your boss needs to be given a definition of a phased return ...

Good luck!

Dave

No worries about the rant, that's what the forum is for :-)

My own phased return involved reduced hours and reduced responsibilities - especially some line management duties. These included, ironically, managing a colleague's phased return to work ;-)

Maybe your boss needs to be given a definition of a phased return ...

Good luck!

Dave

Thanks Dave!