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Contracting with mental illness
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Originally posted by HugeWhale View PostShe should keep schtum. 'Her bosses' as you refer to them are not her bosses. They do not care about her. There is no HR department.
They don't need to be dealing with her anxiety/pregnancy/liver failure/broken leg or any other ailment. They do not care and should not care. She is just the same as the plumber you call from the yellow pages to fix a leaking tap. And if that plumber couldn't turn up on time, you'd soon get another one.
Don't be misled by her contracting to a government department either. Civil servants rarely get sacked so there are plenty of them just itching to pull the trigger on someone they can get rid of - the contractor.
A concrete example - I was contracting at a government department a few years ago when I got a call that a family member was seriously ill in hospital. I left immediately and as I was driving back I got a call from the department head asking not about the welfare of my family member, but whether I'd be in the next day or whether they needed to get someone else!
Also - and in the nicest possible way - your girlfriend chose to be a contractor. She does owe it to her clients to fulfil her obligations.
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She should go perm - can't expect any leeway as a contractor."Is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like? If that is the case then we have free speech."- Elon MuskComment
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Originally posted by Jog On View PostShe should go perm - can't expect any leeway as a contractor.Comment
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Some of this discussion suggests a bias against mental illness as a 'real' disability. I would expect a client to make a reasonable adjustment for a contractor who uses a wheelchair.Comment
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Originally posted by DaveMK View Postshe occasionally sleeps through alarms and misses morning meetings.Comment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostSome of this discussion suggests a bias against mental illness as a 'real' disability. I would expect a client to make a reasonable adjustment for a contractor who uses a wheelchair.
She suffers from anxiety and occasional depression and has to take anti-dep meds daily.
•mental health conditions - for example, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorders, eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder
•impairments due to injury to the body or brain.
If you want to claim you've experienced discrimination because of one of these conditions, you will have to prove the condition has a long-term and substantial effect on your daily life.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostIt's more difficult to prove and the OP doesn't help the case.
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/la...iscrimination/
I'm sure occasional depression doesn't meet this criteria.Comment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostSome of this discussion suggests a bias against mental illness as a 'real' disability. I would expect a client to make a reasonable adjustment for a contractor who uses a wheelchair.
Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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Originally posted by Zigenare View PostFFS!
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