Medical exemption for Sunday work?

[dazgranfondo]

With the threat of working Sundays comes my question. I suffer from Rheumatoid arthritis and inject methotrexate every Sunday and a biological med called humira every other Monday. I work 4 days on 22.5hr contract Wednesday to Saturday every week and feel too unwell to work Monday and Tuesday while the side effects wear off. Have the likes of me any wriggle room when it comes to executive decisions with contracts and the like?

[2yearpostie]

You'd have to ask your com. Will be their choice whom they are rotering in.

[R5001]

I'm no expert but it sounds about as close to bulletproof as you're likely to get. Disability stuff is something RM do not want to mess with.

[qwerty2]

If it comes down to Sunday working
Best trying to get medical notes / recommendations from your doctor or hospital etc

[97gaz]

Mtx is well known for wiping you out on the day you take it. I'm guessing they'll have to make an allowance for it. Never heard of Humira but see the drug name is Adalimumab. I'm on Mtx and Baracitinib. Probably the same junk but different name. MTX is still the go to drug for Rheumatoid Arthritis and is coming up to it's 75th birthday. Ah, the miracles of Modern Medicine. LOL!

[postslippete]

Only those that can't drive are exempt from working on a Sunday.


And the powers that be want to do away with a Sunday premium as well!! How on earth is that fair?

[clashcityrocker]

Only those that can't drive are exempt from working on a Sunday.

I think if you read the Q &A you will realise that is wrong.

In answer to the OP we currently have a member of staff who doesn't ever work Saturday because of his medication so not working Sunday seems reasonable.

[postslippete]

I think if you read the Q &A you will realise that is wrong.

We only deliver Tracked parcels on a Sunday and it covers a very large sectional area. So that being the case, what work will non-drivers actually be doing?

Cleaning the workstations?
Delivering the excess letters that are not delivered during the week?
Sweeping the yard?


I'm sure there's many other odd jobs that they could do


Its surely not cost-effective to employ two in a van when delivering parcels. Doing this we might as well be losing 2 million a day. lol

[Mick100]

I get totally hammered on a Saturday night to get over the stress of the job will I be exempt from working Sunday

[dazgranfondo]

Mtx is well known for wiping you out on the day you take it. I'm guessing they'll have to make an allowance for it. Never heard of Humira but see the drug name is Adalimumab. I'm on Mtx and Baracitinib. Probably the same junk but different name. MTX is still the go to drug for Rheumatoid Arthritis and is coming up to it's 75th birthday. Ah, the miracles of Modern Medicine. LOL!

Hi Gaz , yea Adalimumab is similar stuff to humira. They put me on it before humira but it made me ill and sick. Apparently works alongside methotrexate and enhances its effectiveness. So yea, same junk. With all the sacrifices that comes with taking it though, it helped me to walk properly again with just the odd flare up.

[noggin1969]

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[aiden01]

I get totally hammered on a Saturday night to get over the stress of the job will I be exempt from working Sunday

Totally agree, although Simple Si said it equated to 1 in 40 Sundays per person, which may strangely correspond to my annual sick leave week, 2 can play silly b***ards

So your one of 25% of team who regulary abuses sick lol

[97gaz]

I get totally hammered on a Saturday night to get over the stress of the job will I be exempt from working Sunday

That's a choice though. I'm sure the Op would rather have the odd hangover than a lifelong and limiting disability that requires Cytotoxic drugs injected into him weekly just to function. MTX is also used as a Chemotherapy so not something to be taken lightly.

[postie73]

The 4th commandment of the Lord our God, thou shalt keep the sabbath day holy. Six days shall ye work, but on the sabbath, rest.

For centuries my forefathers have obeyed that commandment, and so have I.

No pagan, in Royal Mail, or anywhere else, will ever force me to break it.

I will not take discrimination of my religious beliefs, lightly.

[Woody Guthrie]

The whole compulsory Sunday thing throws up so many problems for Royal Mail that it's unlikely it's even a realistic goal for them.

Having read the Q&As it's also blatantly obvious that they haven't thought any of those problems through properly.

Non-drivers are very unlikely to be asked to work Sundays, it just doesn't make any business sense.

Those with childcare issues are not going to be forced to work Sundays, it would likely be unlawful and could result in many Employment Tribunals.

Those with genuine religious beliefs surrounding working Sundays will not be forced to work Sundays for the same reason.

Unlike some of the other changes compulsory Sundays could not be implemented using executive action, the law on sunday working is clear, it must be by agreement either individually or collectively.

They have very little power to implement this, it would be deeply unpopular and it would be incredibly messy.

The union is very aware that any agreement that includes compulsory sunday working hasn't a hope in hell of making it through a membership ballot especially if Sunday premium rate is removed so I think this one is destined for the bin.