Work are unreasonable not me!

[housinghero]

I work in a hybrid situation - wfh and office. I have a disability which means I need a specialist chair. I have one at home which I bought and one at work which I had to fight for work to provide (long story). I handed in my notice for a new job last thurs with 4 weeks notice. Yesterday my specialist chair at work was taken back to the suppliers. This means I cannot go into the office- at all!!!
The ink on the letter was barely dry!
I don't think I am unreasonable to expect to be able to go into the office until my last working day or am I??????

Seems perfect excuse to stay home then

You've handed in your notice so they can do what they like. If they don't want you in the office, they don't have to facilitate you coming in. People get put on "gardening leave" all the time because an employer doesn't want the employee at work once they hand in their notice. In your case it sounds like they just want you to work from home for your notice period.

I guess IF your contract insists you have X number of days in the office, you could argue that you don't have to work from home on those days - so, say you normally do 3 days at home and 2 in the office, for your notice period you only do 3 days at home and the other 2 you don't work because you can no longer go into the office.

That's unlikely though because usually contracts are so general the employer can dicate where you work and when.

Contact HR?

Yes they are very unreasonable
I am sorry to hear you had such a fight to get your chair too
All my disability work equipment including chair, audiology and IT stuff was sourced through access to work and it was made clear it was just for me and if I move jobs I take it with me
might be worth bearing in mind for the future

I don't know why they couldn't have waited for you to work out your notice - it does seem unreasonable for them to get rid of the chair so quickly. Unless there was some sort of financial incentive to return it before a certain date or something?

Maybe just make the most of wfh for the last few weeks?!

You've handed in your notice so they can do what they like

Well, no. She's still protected by employment rights and contract etc.

If it is because they want her to wfh then ok, crappy way to go about it but op will just wfh.

Different story if they expect her to work from the office.

I literally had a message from my line manager saying - your chair has gone back - you might want to consider if you are going to come into the office.
My reply was very short and sweet - I'm not coming in.
I can carry on at home but it just feels like a two fingers up to me as I literally had to battle to get the chair .
Not nice and given I have only got another job because they are making me redundant!
I am having to bite my tongue as t has both made me angry and upset

You're leaving them. It's not worth anyone's emotional energy fret about this. If the chair was expensive and there was a time-limited return/refund guarantee then it's a reasonable thing for them to do, so long as they don't then require you to work in the office without it during your notice period. Good luck with the new job.

yep - I plan on doing sod all for the next 4 weeks!

Could the contract be coming up for renewal and they didn’t want to be tied in again?

Ask them why?

It's a douchebag move from them. Good riddance!

They are making a petty statement. You should put it in writing that becssue they removed the equipment you are now unable to attend the office, if you haven't already, just so it doesn't come back on you. Get them out if your head and look forward to the new job.

Sounds like they're in financial difficulty. How much did the chair cost?

I think that's fucking rude.

I'm guessing there was some sort ongoing cost associated and they decided to cut that immediately. But fucking rude all the same.

And that's why they have got rid of your chair

Some people can get very funny once you announce you are leaving, for some reason.

Are you being made redundant or have you resigned? If it’s both, be careful they don’t try and weasel out of paying you redundancy because you resigned instead

I am very conscientious but if they don't invest in me then I wont invest in them.

Just more disability discrimination by a local government organisation - which is pretty shocking really.

I work in the civil service and my department switched from using access to work to some sort of in house version. I'm sure that will go well...

It can be a bloody nightmare needing reasonable adjustments. I think people don't realise we need them to be able to work and have no idea what it feels like when they go wrong. It's like a constant battle sometimes. I'm tired of it. 😐

If they are making you redundant I'd imagine finances are an issue so better for you to work at home and save the chair rental, however they should have told you that.

I am very conscientious but if they don't invest in me then I wont invest in them.

I think it is awful they got rid of your chair but they are still paying you. If not working impacts other team members, I'd think twice about doing very little.

Oh I will be working dont worry . Like I said - I do my job very very well.

Able bodied people just do not understand the level of discrimination that disabled people suffer from. They wouldn't even notice most of it.
One place that I worked at had a new entry keypad fitted. It was too high for me to reach from my wheelchair. I had to sit outside in the rain many times and wait for someone ekseelse to come along to let me in.

Hmm..they are on dodgy ground there. Would it be worth getting this in writing and if you wish to raise a grievance consider contacting acas for further advice.