Reasonable adjustments

[user0090099]

My colleague currently has reasonable adjustments in place as she has been off work with depression. She hasn't been completing her work and the rest of the team are having to pick up the pieces.
Today half of last weeks work hadn't been done by her so I ended up doing it as it had to be done. I spoke to my manager and she said well she is struggling as she is on new medication and it is ok that the work hasn't been completed as she need reasonable adjustments.
She has been like this for the past 3 months since she returned to work and we are struggling as a team as it feels like we are one person down. Every time we speak to the manager she just brings up the reasonable adjustments and says that she has to be careful incase she takes the company to a tribunal.

So @passiveconstellation are you saying if a colleague doesn't agree to doing another colleagues work they're discriminating?

The reasonable adjustments aren't the issue, the issue is that the company has decided to grant the reasonable adjustments (fine) by lumping more work onto everyone else (not fine).

I'm wondering about the company.

Is it a multi national company or a dog grooming parlour?

It's really hard for a dog grooming parlour to just suck up the inability of a colleague to hang back and not work but to still claim pay.

A multi national would fare better but a specific team on a specific target will still struggle.

I'm not convinced about adjustments. They suit HR but not the team who have to shoulder the burden of a colleague who can't perform yet still be be paid for not performing.

An unpopular opinion but why should people be paid to not perform?

I’m someone who has suffered from depression and been in the position where I’ve been forced to take on a large amount of work (for no extra pay) for a coworker who was off about 50% of the time. It’s not fair and your well-being and mental health matter as well.

You need to have a serious discussion about workloads and your own limits. This isn’t personal in relation to the depressed person but management needs to know the current situation isn’t sustainable and step up.

Similar situation and struggling to find anyone with same circumstances. I'm in a team of 7. Core hours of 9.30 - 15.30. Need to work 8 hours to break even (otherwise flexi-time credit or deficit). Someone has recently got a 'reasonable adjustment' to handle same workload but they are only required to log on at 9.45 and very rarely work after 16.00. They do not incur a flexi-time deficit and instead 'break even' every day.
Can I and other colleagues contest this as an unreasonable adjustment given that said person has to work significantly less hours for the same pay?

You might be better starting your own thread as this one is quite old.

Your manager should not be discussing the details of your colleague's mental health issues and medication with the rest of the team.

Totally inappropriate and a breach of GDPR.

Your colleagues is entitled to ask for reasonable adjustments.

Nobody has asked you to pick up her work it seems ,as your manager told you that it was OK for it not to be done.

You should continue to raise issues about workload if your work is genuinely affected, but don't play the martyr by deciding to do your colleague's work or try to blame her for struggling with her health.

Why on earth is your manager telling you about your colleague's health issues and medication?

Do you know what the reasonable adjustments are? Is picking up your colleagues work impacting on your ability to complete your own work? If so this is what you should be discussing with your manager. It’s up to her to manage the whole team and help you prioritise your work or distribute it fairly so that you don’t get blamed if you fall behind