Since having a Thymona 3 years ago I have been in and out of jobs not out of choice but dismissed because of my illness. You tell the company that you have a disability so you can have reasonable adjustment to go to the hospital bearing in mind you are afforded protection under a characteristic of the Equality Act 2010 due to your disability . Unfortunately companies wiggle out of this at all costs the best one todate for me was that i was accused of misleading a company for not being honest about my cancer they sacked me for a betrayal of trust. joke i know. When i joined the company I told their Occupational Health i was in remission 3 years from a Thymona stage 2 B2 Invasive and had been treated like any other cancer patient i had been completely honest i was awarded protection like all of us under the Equality Act 2010 under a protective characteristic, remember that, good bit of legislation.It states in that legislation that reasonable adjustment will be made to keep someone with a disability in employment Cancer is a disability people. However this legislation did n't help me the company still terminated my contract as they said i misled them. They terminated my contract for health and safety risk due to having lung Cancer "Serious" now i have never been diagnosed with this and in my probationay meeting i protested but it didn't stop a pompous Manager with no medical training to come to that decision to terminate my employment. Serious Breach of the Equality Act 2010, Aint life Sweet! Cancer can be hard to come to terms with and we all soldier on but what doesn't help is idiots in companies that don''t know the law. so i imagine your all with me by saying shame on them! ironically the government set legislation to protect us, yes you guessed it i worked for a company run by the government. A warning to all watch yourselves don't trust no one only close family and friends. If anyone else has been down the same road as me drop me a line because companies should not be getting away with this.
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