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Advice needed re adjustments at work

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I have to attend a meeting with my employers regarding my sickness absence. 

Several of my sickness days were directly due to depression and anxiety and were reported by me as such. However I'm finding it more difficult to cope with working full time - I get very tired, sometimes feel overloaded and get anxious about certain things. This often makes me "run down"  and more liable to get viruses and infections. 

I have decided that I need to reduce my hours significantly, as I feel much better and more able to cope if I have a couple of days holiday during a week, so I want to reduce my hours to part time. 

My GP assessed me using the AQ test a couple of months ago and offered me a referral for an "official"  diagnosis, but was of the opinion that I didn't really need it because I was able to work most of the time. I'm going to consult with him again next week to ask for a referral after this development. 

What I need to know is - what are the options if my firm can't offer me reduced hours? 

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    lostmyway said:

    you could take the view that your employers are, after all, runing a business and, therefore, it is not really their responsibility to support someone who has a disability

    They do have responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 to make "reasonable adjustments" to enable disabled people to do jobs. This is not an unlimited responsibility but it is still a clear responsibility.

    There are also various funds available from the government (e.g. Access to Work, PIP etc) that are intended to keep people in work because it is recognised that keeping people in work is good for people's mental health and ultimately this is better for the country overall than pushing these people into a dependancy culture.

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    lostmyway said:

    you could take the view that your employers are, after all, runing a business and, therefore, it is not really their responsibility to support someone who has a disability

    They do have responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 to make "reasonable adjustments" to enable disabled people to do jobs. This is not an unlimited responsibility but it is still a clear responsibility.

    There are also various funds available from the government (e.g. Access to Work, PIP etc) that are intended to keep people in work because it is recognised that keeping people in work is good for people's mental health and ultimately this is better for the country overall than pushing these people into a dependancy culture.

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