What are my obligations?

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My senior manager despises me, and a conversation with her the other day made it abundantly clear she has no intention whatsoever of looking out for my welfare at work by making some reasonable adjustments that have been recommended by less senior managers, individuals responsible for training and occupational health, and instead is piling on pressure for me to complete training. So I'm putting myself first and going off sick whilst I try to mitigate the impact a myriad of out of work problems are having.

I intend to call a manager tomorrow (who is the port of call to report sickness to). However I know without a shadow of a doubt that as soon as the senior manager gets wind, she'll be phoning me, emailing me if I don't answer, etc, asking me questions, being her usual insincere, passive aggressive self. I don't want to talk to her. I will provide the information I need to to the on duty manager I speak to (that I will make an appointment with the GP and update them once I have seen them).

Do I have an obligation to also speak to her after I've given the necessary information to a manager? Can I respond to her via email for now? Do I have to answer her questions? I really am not feeling up to advocating for myself in the face of someone who is purposely gunning for me right now.

Anyone?

I think it depends what your company policy is, so it's hard for anyone else to answer.

Are you in a union? If so, they can advocate for you.

But, if you are sick then you presumably won't be on your work email, so you won't see anything she emails, so don't worry about that.

If your policy is that you have to speak to her, then prep what you will say sticking to relevent facts - you are too ill to come in to work. You will see your GP today and will update the implant after this. If you have to declare a reason for sickness, could you ask to speak to someone from HR or Occ Health for this? Or you could say something general like "mental health difficulties".

@Stompythedinosaur She emails my personal email and requests me to call her if she can't get hold of me by phone. My union rep won't speak to me, again I don't know why, and the union just keep telling me I have to liaise with that particular individual even though I'm not getting any response from them.

I've already spoken to OH and they've made reasonable adjustment recommendations, which my senior manager has totally ignored and actively gone against with no explanation as to why. I work in the NHS so I think HR would point me back towards my senior (area) manager.

I can't find the sickness policy on the intranet to confirm.

I've been really honest about the impact my ongoing health issues are going to have on my ability to perform in my role up until now (I've not disclosed every single detail about why I'm experiencing these problems as some are sensitive domestic issues that I don't wish to disclose to work), and with the reassurance I'd had from basically everyone else, I was feeling comfortable with the prospect of returning in an alternative capacity for now and working my way back up to where I was before. But on top of the history with my senior manager, it's quite obvious she's got it in for me and it has really knocked me.