Quick question for those who work in physical jobs..
Im in early stages of pregnancy and work in a physically demanding job. My duties include lifting heavy things throughout the day, pushing and pulling heavy carts, lifting heavy bags to head height, carrying heavy stock to store rooms and being on my feet for up to 8 hours.
There isn’t much in my job that isn’t physical that I could cut down on during pregnancy. Sitting down regularly will push everything backwards so I would be leaving work very late, unpaid.
So I’m looking for advice from those who were/are in this position, what will happen during my risk assessment and will they expect me to carry on these duties? Without doing them I essentially have no purpose there. I also feel bad about the fact other colleagues will have to share my jobs if I refuse to continue them. (They will not bring in extra help to cover me).
Even before pregnancy I sometimes struggled and would have back pain by the weekend, so I’m concerned about the risk of miscarriage and harming my baby.
i can’t afford to quit so I’d like to be prepared as to what may happen when I tell my company I am pregnant. Tia