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??????

It makes perfect sense to send the chair back when the sale hadn't gone through, and you can work your notice from home.

The boss could have said to the supplier that the OP was leaving on x date, could it be returned then?

He could have had a discussion with the OP to see what she thought about losing an adjustment, that the employer is legally obliged to make, and how she would manage without it. Then if she'd agreed sent the chair back with a plan in place.

Instead he just got rid of the chair.

I hope those of you who don't understand this issue never have to actually live this way because it's exhausting.

The Civil Service aren't eligible for Access to Work funding. Govt departments have to pay for all staff requirements from their own local budgets.

Which of course they have no money for because govt departments are constantly having budgets cut. It's shit.

I think this is more cock up than conspiracy.

I don’t work for local government but I work for a large multinational that seems to be similar to local government in many ways. (Both my parents were local government workers.)

When we have someone leaving we have to fill out a form that includes “does the leaver have any specific equipment / access / blah blah”. Most of our staff have specific access to things. Revoking of the access seems to either happen 17 minutes after I fill the form in (and 3 months before they are actually due to leave) or 17 years after I fill the form in.

There is no in between!

Stay at home and do a really half arsed job.

Case closed.

Access to work did the assessments, department paid for the equipment. Now the department do the assessments themselves. Never a good thing.