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Terminate contract due to long term sickness

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Judii · 08/01/2025 11:13

Any advice welcome. I’ve been on long term sickness, depression and anxiety since the loss of my dad. Work was looking to medically retire me but I requested redeployment to a less stressful role! 6 months on, they have a meeting with me to say it’s down to myself to find a new role within the company within a period of time , if am not able to find a position, they will look to terminate my contract! I can’t see the internal jobs board because am LTS. Is this fair?

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MILLYmo0se · 08/01/2025 20:23

Well what are the less demanding job titles/roles within the company? Can you ask if there are vacancies in any of those positions ?

AreNeepsSwedeOrTurnips · 08/01/2025 20:30

If they have offered you ill health retirement, and you refused it then you do need to tell them the sort of job and tasks you CAN do. Otherwise they have advice saying you are too ill to work and nothing saying you can...

AreNeepsSwedeOrTurnips · 08/01/2025 20:33

Also as others have said, can you look at ill health retirement again? Most allow you to take on other unrelated work - but it works give you a financial cushion. It's oddnot to take it if it was offered!

Rachmorr57 · 08/01/2025 20:37

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Chestnutworld · 08/01/2025 20:49

Startingagainandagain · 08/01/2025 19:55

Your posts are a bit confusing.

I would have expected your employer to:

  • involve Occupational Health
  • then discuss reasonable adjustments that would allow you to return to your current role (reduced hours, home-working...)

I am not clear as to why you are instead discussing moving to a completely different role.

Also, if your anxiety/mental health issues are likely to be a long term problem that affects you daily then it is considered as a disability which means the employers has to consider reasonable adjustments.

I think that you telling them you can't do your current job at all was a mistake, you should have first gone back with reasonable adjustments and then look at what other internal role you could apply to.

Perhaps you could go back and say you couldn’t do your job full time but could do it part time?

are you seeing a clinical psychologists to deal with the trauma of loosing your dad that has lead to depression and anxiety?

I would get an employment lawyer, I was in a very similar position and my lawyer was a godsend. I got what I needed (stayed at company in flexible part time basis) but if work continued the way they had been I’d of got a very good pay off at least under constructive dismissal

Livelovebehappy · 08/01/2025 20:55

Have you considered looking for a job outside the company? A complete change of career doing something a lot less demanding, maybe part time. It would mean a clean slate too - new people and no-one knowing your history. Could be a good alternative path for you, and a new start. As far as I’m aware if the new place asks for a reference, the company you’re leaving would usually give a generic reference and not need to go into your sickness record.

EmmaMaria · 08/01/2025 21:03

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I am pretty sure that the OP said no such thing. They may have made some poor decisions - I suspect without advice. But they appear to be very concerned about having a job doing something rather than doing nothing. That may not be a wise decision but there is no indication that your comment is justified

Thewrongdoor · 08/01/2025 21:04

Livelovebehappy · 08/01/2025 20:55

Have you considered looking for a job outside the company? A complete change of career doing something a lot less demanding, maybe part time. It would mean a clean slate too - new people and no-one knowing your history. Could be a good alternative path for you, and a new start. As far as I’m aware if the new place asks for a reference, the company you’re leaving would usually give a generic reference and not need to go into your sickness record.

Eh? It’s completely standard to ask about a sickness record as part of a reference.

CantHoldMeDown · 08/01/2025 21:26

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