Advice needed

chrisdouglas · Post by **chrisdouglas** » 08 Dec 2019, 13:55

Hi, I'm currently struggling with deliveries due to health reasons and my dom is stopping me from doing indoor work instead, I had a workplace assessment with oh assist two years ago that stated that I could do indoor work when I'm struggling. I since had a referral in September because of a c.o.d but as this referral was targeted to what questions they wanted answers to my last workplace assessment has been pushed aside, and my dom denied that I had it written down that i can do indoor work when its available (and right now there's tons) in his defense my dom wasn't in my office when I had the assessment, but seeing he only dealt with my c.o.d in September it should be pretty fresh in his mind. Does the referral in September overrule the workplace assessment even though not all things where covered in the latest referral?? Or is it now non and void??

chrisdouglas · Post by **chrisdouglas** » 09 Dec 2019, 14:15

So no one can advise??

Postie45 · Post by **Postie45** » 09 Dec 2019, 14:33

if you have an issue unrelated to the September one or if its gotten noticably worse which is affecting you ability to do outdoor work then you should get another OH assessment, first Id speak to your rep who should be able to help you. the DOM wont be keen to keep referring you to OH as it costs money, but in the end its tough and your health is whats important. If you speak to OH again make sure you make it clear that you are unable to do outdoor work with your current condition, dont leave them wiggle room.
If its this long running then it would potentially fall under the equality act (ie count as a disability) where a lot of protections for you would kick in, this would be something that OH would determine.