Warehouse operative expected to work on two workstation, is it legal?

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I need advice please.

I work as a warehouse operative for a retail company at their distribution centre. Recently we are always understaffed and expected to work on two benches at the same time. The workstations are timed, so if you delay to pick the clothes the blue light come on which indicates the delay. Both workstations are busy, so it leaves me feeling overwhelmed as I suffer from mental health illness. My manager wont take my mental health illness into account. So I need to know if it is legal to expect employees to manage two workstations at the same time.

TIA

Well it's not for you so I'd be job hunting

It's unlikely to be illegal, but it's obviously not reasonable to expect one person to run two workstations if each one is set up to have someone picking up the clothes as they arrive before the blue light comes on and this can't be done.

Are other people working under the same conditions and what do they say about it? Are there any staff representatives, a union or occupational health that can help you?

If not, sadly the only thing you can do is tell your manager that you are looking for another job if they don't fully staff the operation.

@BarbaraofSeville thank you for your response. We don't have a union and other staff complain amongst themselves and not to the manager. We do have occupational health, I will speak to them. Thanks again.