Hi guys, this is a sort of complicated one.
7 weeks ago I had a nervous breakdown at work, I was under a lot of stress and I was having 10+ panic attacks a day... I went to see my doctor and he signed me off, so I told my boss the situation and he said "come in to work and finish off this press release and we'll discuss that tomorrow" so I went in to work and when I got there I was a mess, I ended up being told by senior staff I shouldn't be there and I explained my boss had asked me to come in, they said go home and look after yourself, so I did.
The sick note was for 2 weeks, I ended up going to the doctor again and he said I wasn't fit for work and he signed me off for another 3, then he signed me off for another month after that was over. During that time my employer had requested me attend a welfare meeting which I did, and then they requested my medical record, which I didn't give them access to as I ended up losing the letter.
I went back to the doctors 10 days ago and he said he thought I seemed so much better and I thought so, too... so I rang HR at work and explained I was well enough to come back and that I was going to be signed back on the next week, the woman from HR said no, don't do that, I'll speak with the director of your department and let you know what they say... she came back to me and said they'd requested a meeting with me before I requested my doctor make me fit for work, said she'd email me the same day, she didn't, another 2 days passed and she still hadn't emailed me, so I called her and it seemed she was getting annoyed with me reaching out but I was eager to get back to work... she came back to me after 4 days and said "Hi, they've said if you really want to come back, get your fit note and then send me a picture of it so we know when to expect you back."
I did just that, I told them last Thursday I'd be back on Monday, they ignored my message.
I turned up to work yesterday morning, and the director of my department looked up and saw me stood there and he looked shocked.
They sent me to one building then to another before finally sticking me in a meeting with the department director who plain and simply said
"Are you fit for work?"
I said yes, he said do you have your fit note, I said yes, I handed it to him, he said well you can see how this is a bit of a problem for us as we weren't expecting you back until the end of the month and there's NOT MUCH on your sick note, you've been off for a long time now, yes a very long time, are you better? Do you feel 100%?
And then...
"You're going to have to go home, it was my understanding you were only going to come in today to give us your sick notes so we could review them..."
That was NOT my understanding at all, I was told I could come back.
He then said, "ok well I'm gonna review your sick note and then I'll call you this afternoon or tomorrow and let you know what's going on"
I explained there's nothing on my sicknote other than to say that the end of my sick period was over and I was fit for work. No notes. Nothing. What did he have to examine???? He says he needed to assess if I was fit for work. What is he, a medical professional?
I went home, deflated and feeling defeated. He didn't call me. He hasn't called me today. I've messaged him and he's read it but hasn't replied to me. I asked for an update and I haven't had one.
I'm now declared fit for work, and having to wait at home unpaid, on edge, wondering what's happening and why nobody's contacted me.
I'm at the point now where I feel I should be seeking advice from a lawyer in Employment law, as first I was signed off sick because of the amount of pressure and work they were putting on me and the way they've handled it every day since has made me not only cry (at the welfare meeting) but also made me more stressed than I should have been being off sick as it was.
What should I do? I'm losing all hope.
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kirstysworld · 22/08/2017 18:25
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