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flying while pregnant
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my HR manager offered me ground duties as i cannot carry out my air hostess duties whilst pregnant. i got a letter from the doc saying he wasn't comfortable with me working at the airport. a risk assessment was then done on the airport which came back as safe. I was then told to go straight back to work by HR and i said as i didn't feel comfortable i would be willing to stay at home and not get paid as i read somewhere that you can do this and my job should stay open for me, but now she has emailed me a resignation letter and told me i have to resign. Surely this isn't right?
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i dont think any employer is duty bound to give you unpaid leave. If you are unable to carry out your duties, or alternative duties they have given you then i cant see why they shouls have to give you unpaid leave.
Out of interest, what would you be doing at the airport that your gp wouldn't wan't you doing?
Out of interest, what would you be doing at the airport that your gp wouldn't wan't you doing?
its your fault you live 2 hours away fromt he airport, not theirs, so this shouldn't form any basis of being unable to work. If people are exposed to radiation at the airport i find that really worrying! WHAT ABOUT GROUND STAFF WHO WORK THERE EVERYDAY OF THEIR WORKING LIFE?
Anyway, it sounds like your employers have made reasonable adjustments to your job for you, and you can garuntee they have been in this situation befoore even if you haven't, so why has this "unable to work as ground staff" never come up before i wonder?
Anyway, it sounds like your employers have made reasonable adjustments to your job for you, and you can garuntee they have been in this situation befoore even if you haven't, so why has this "unable to work as ground staff" never come up before i wonder?
i never said i couldnt do ground duties i just said i never felt comfortable bednobs- and i never said i lived two hours form the airport- i said two hrs there and back which is allowed.
I never asked them to carry out a risk assessment- they did that themselves- and i find it concerning that they won't show me a copy of the assessment
I never asked them to carry out a risk assessment- they did that themselves- and i find it concerning that they won't show me a copy of the assessment
thanks cheekystar- i dont think my doc would sign me off again anyway as i am having a healthy pregnancy- i suppose i could talk to my midwife as she has been completely on my side throughout this hassle and she isn't happy about the situation either! HR are a complete waste of time! i think i should check out the citizens advice website too. it's so silly cos i will be starting maternity pay on 22nd feb!
hi it makes no difference at all
My employer is very clever you see and are reknowed for bein bad to work for and to be honest i don't believe what they are sayin ( ie: passed risk assessment) if they had nothing to hide they would send me a copy of the certificate. It's not just me they have been cever with- many people have been left in foreign countries to sleep on the streets because they wont pay for hotels for staff, or they have missed buses home because of delays and they wont help them. They lower prices for customers and can afford to because they take money off us for uniform, suitcase, training- it's a terrible company but the job is great putting all that aside!
My employer is very clever you see and are reknowed for bein bad to work for and to be honest i don't believe what they are sayin ( ie: passed risk assessment) if they had nothing to hide they would send me a copy of the certificate. It's not just me they have been cever with- many people have been left in foreign countries to sleep on the streets because they wont pay for hotels for staff, or they have missed buses home because of delays and they wont help them. They lower prices for customers and can afford to because they take money off us for uniform, suitcase, training- it's a terrible company but the job is great putting all that aside!
i didnt think risk assessments carried a certificate.
so your concern is that you dont beleive its safe even though they say it is? Youre refusing to work, therefore who can blame them asking you to leave.
Do your own research and then go to Head office with your findings and prove to them its unsafe.
what ground crew job have they suggested you do? what would it involve? A job at a customer service desk is not going to involve anything damaging, ie radiation.
so your concern is that you dont beleive its safe even though they say it is? Youre refusing to work, therefore who can blame them asking you to leave.
Do your own research and then go to Head office with your findings and prove to them its unsafe.
what ground crew job have they suggested you do? what would it involve? A job at a customer service desk is not going to involve anything damaging, ie radiation.
heres a link on the risk of radiation from airport scanners http://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/faqs/preg nancyandsecurityscreening.html
what test exactly and how do you want them to prove it?
heres a list of what they have to look at, if they cannot offer you a suitable position then they have to suspend you but youre saying youve refused what theyve offered.
http://www.tuc.org.uk/h_and_s/tuc-9712-f0.cfm
heres a list of what they have to look at, if they cannot offer you a suitable position then they have to suspend you but youre saying youve refused what theyve offered.
http://www.tuc.org.uk/h_and_s/tuc-9712-f0.cfm
