What happens when occupational health are involved?

[Waterhorse46]

If you complete the self referral route. Do employers tend to back off if they are usually very pushy or argumentative? What typically happens?

In terms of what?

I’m no expert, but they don’t have to 100% follow what occy health say. But our company pretty much follows their recommendations.

Say for example you’re feeling you’ve been bullied. And that you’re treated differently and pushed at work too hard. Then you get a major health thing which you told them about but they still push you. And you still feel bullied so you contact OH and stipulate that something needs to be put in place.

With OH they have a legal duty surely.

That sounds more like a HR issue if you’re being bullied? Do they push you harder than others that you can go to HR with?

We tend to follow their recommendations, but we've only had things like supportive back chairs or going down to PT hours, so nothing very difficult.

Well, they can help with reasonable adjustments, but they are working for the organisation, not you.

They can help explain how to get you to be meeting the targets set for you, but you might want to speak to ACAS if you think you are being treated unfairly or your union.

OP if you’re feeling bullied then a conversation or a grievance is the way to go.

If you have a health condition and felt that impacts on your health or you feel adjustments to work may be helpful and need some advice then OH is the way to go.

If you have an underlying health condition OH can make recommendations but it will be up to the employer if they feel they are reasonable to implement, if they think they are unreasonable they need to explain how/why

A legal duty for what? To lower expectations at work? For you not to have to do your job?

I alsready do my job. I’m just experiencing a difficult time in the process.

What outcome are you hoping for?