Atos

[phronsias]

did you give your line-manager or Dom permission to hand out your phone number ?
i have been referred to atos and the lino asked me for my number and said they needed a phone number to contact me.
i asked him how, before the wide spread ownership of telephones and now mobile phones, did people make contact. his response, a letter? hows about we give that a bash then i said.
2 months later and no letter

Hi
Thanks for your advice,the bump happened just outside worktime on the RM carpark,I was on my way out of the RM carpark (going home) Ive just come back from the hospital and was told I wont be fit for a min of 3 week and Im not to drive,the s;;t vwill hit the fan went the DOM and his little helpers find out.
Regards
P

[TrueBlueTerrier]

AOD - probably not if he has signed out - however as the Accident itself was, by the sounds of it, on Royal Mail land, then an accident report MUST be filled out.

[gazzariah]

Probably not a lot at this early stage, although they will probably try and get u to go and do light duties. I would tell them what advice your doctor has given and stick to it. Management are probably only covering their own back, has the accident been recorded on ERICA and to the DWP?

no holiday allocation over xmas period.stat.

[phronsias]

Hi
Received a letter from the dom this afternoon 12-12-2011,stating that I failed to keep an ATOS appointment on the 7th Dec - the day I went sick - and I cancelled a second appointment on the 8th Dec. Neither of these appointments was I informed of and I certainly didn't cancel any ATOS appointment. It also says in the letter that if ATOS fail to contact me again he will consider stopping my sick pay.

This is my 6th day off sick. I have kept RM management informed at every stage. I really don't need this amount of unwanted attention from management at this time and would like to know if it would be possible to lodge a grievance.

Thanks in advance for any help
P

[TeeferTiger]

They were probably trying to phone you but don't have a phone number or something stupid.

[dvbuk55]

They were probably trying to phone you but don't have a phone number or something stupid.

But being aligned with RM they would prefer a non truth to the fact that they don't have a contact number.

[dwmc]

RTA in works carpark on way home , regardless of where it was your now on sick , contact them through the number thats on the 1st letter which you have said you recieved and explain to them that you`ve heard nothing else after recieving the letter and take it from there .
as for it being an accident at work or on duty well fact is it wasn`t as you`ve finished your duty and this will be treat like any other RTA via insurance ect , also seen as the other car which you said reversed into you twice i think you should of reported this to the police there and then just to cover yourself for insurance purposes like you would of done if it happened on the main road .
check your policy to make sure you got commuting to and from work on it aswell .

what exactly did it say in the letter you 1st recieved ??? don`t they normally give details of an appointment or if failing that a phone number for you to contact inwhich you have to do asap ?

[POSTMAN]

Hi
Received a letter from the dom this afternoon 12-12-2011,stating that I failed to keep an ATOS appointment on the 7th Dec - the day I went sick - and I cancelled a second appointment on the 8th Dec. Neither of these appointments was I informed of and I certainly didn't cancel any ATOS appointment. It also says in the letter that if ATOS fail to contact me again he will consider stopping my sick pay.

This is my 6th day off sick. I have kept RM management informed at every stage. I really don't need this amount of unwanted attention from management at this time and would like to know if it would be possible to lodge a grievance.

Thanks in advance for any help
P

Your DOM's a twat,get the area rep onto it.

[smelly_cat_lady]

Did your doctor sign you off sick? If not then you should go get a sick note asap. ATOS cannot touch you all the time you are unfit for work. You might think you are ok now but make sure you do your best for yourself and your health. See other threads on how to deal with them. The best bit of advice I was given was that their reports are very much 'employee lead'. Your DOM is probably shitting himself because off the accident! Is that arse covering I can hear? BTW, ATOS often have an 0114 number when they ring you, my advice would be don't answer the phone until you've got some help from the union. Good luck!

[General Mannerheim]

Hi
Received a letter from the dom this afternoon 12-12-2011,stating that I failed to keep an ATOS appointment on the 7th Dec - the day I went sick - and I cancelled a second appointment on the 8th Dec. Neither of these appointments was I informed of and I certainly didn't cancel any ATOS appointment. It also says in the letter that if ATOS fail to contact me again he will consider stopping my sick pay.

This is my 6th day off sick. I have kept RM management informed at every stage. I really don't need this amount of unwanted attention from management at this time and would like to know if it would be possible to lodge a grievance.

Thanks in advance for any help
P

Your DOM's a twat,get the area rep onto it.

Yeah get the rep in and whilst your on about this sort of shite why the feck are the top brass not jumping all over this,oh yes because RM are allowed to bully the feck out of people who are ill.,lots of posturing and speeches and going on conferences to talk about things but nothing ever gets done.
We have in our office currently 3 tribunal cases going on(probably more by now ),numerous grievances,people off sick with stress caused by management and all the fecking union does is sweet feck all ,we recently had the area manager in and all could do was praise the bullying bastard as he's made Park and loop work ....yeah by stopping overtime and fiddling the figures and sacking people we are at least 20 duties down so lots of savings on wages eh knobhead?
I could make our office figures work with s**t like that going down,and I am seriously fecked off with the lack of backing off the union.
The reps in our office are on cushy numbers,must not argue with the DOM as he might put you back onto your walk instead of reading the paper and drinking tea in the union room and are about as much as a chocolate teapot,one of my mates recently went in with the area rep and the twat agreed with everything the DOM said....I f***ing despair. 15 years of paying his subs for s**t representation and about as much fight as a surrendering Italian in the desert.

[POSTMAN]

Fair call General but tbf it's not like that everywhere.

[dvbuk55]

Fair call General but tbf it's not like that everywhere.

No it isn't postman, but I think it is a fair assessment of a great number of offices across the country even with a good unit rep. The question is why?

[phronsias]

Hi
Thanks for all the sound advice!!!!!!! I rang my union rep this morning and he went to see the DOM,who said Atos will ring me today or tomorrow,I also saw my GP this afternoon and got a 2 week sicknote,she wants to see me again on the 27th Dec as my notes hadnt been sent to her by the Hospital she couldnt give me a date when I can return to work.
Thanks again
P

[smelly_cat_lady]

I'm sure someone will correct me on this one if I'm wrong but I think your DOM has to have your permission before ATOS can contact you. Fair play to you for standing up to them!

[POSTMAN]

I'm sure someone will correct me on this one if I'm wrong but I think your DOM has to have your permission before ATOS can contact you. Fair play to you for standing up to them!

Yes,they 'should' ask for permission.