Emmzzi, sorry forgot to reply to your question. Yes my employers did contribute to my ill health. When they first employed me in 2002 I told them about my ill health (ie suffer from crohns disease) and they were fine about it. In 2003 they "employed" another boss and whenever I was off sick he would have me in and saying they cannot manage with me having time off regularly. Anyway over the years I have been in and out of the office defending myself and I have given them access to my medical records twice but they still kept on at me. So yes I think they did contribute because I was stressing about my job all the time and if ever I had been off sick I was dreading going back to work.

Thank you so much for your replies. Emmzzi I have spoken to Acas and they say I am entitled to 10 weeks notice plus accrued holidays. ericsbrother I presume the alternative would be for them to keep me employed and I would keep receiving ESA until I was eventually better. The problem being I have alot of health problems and I am not sure how long I am going to be off work. Pusillanimous you mention that I would probably get 3 months pay anyway so really they are not giving me any incentive really - I was thinking they should pay me a little extra as I have worked really hard over the past 10 years including doing overtime when needed and not being paid for it as well as I was responsible for setting up a new office for them in another town. I didnt get paid extra for that even though I worked a couple of weekends and had my husband helping me as well. I have never been in this situation before and I dont want to be greedy but I would like what I should be entitled to and not be ripped off. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks Sandra :???:

Hello everyone, I have had an update regarding the compromise agreement. My employer is offering me 3 months salary plus pay in lieu and holidays accrued. Do you think this is a decent enough payout? I am not sure what to expect but I have been off sick since last August and have worked for my employer for 10.5 years. Thank you for any advice given. Sandra:???:

Thank you for your reply. The company I work for does not have a company pension scheme in place, I do have a private pension though. Thanks for your help.

I am about to enter into negotiations with my employers for my employment to end through a compromise agreement. I am just enquiring whether anyone can advise what I can expect to receive. I have worked for my employers for 10.5 years and I know that they will have to pay 10 weeks notice plus holidays accrued. I am just wondering what I can expect for compensation. The reason this has come about is that I have been off sick since August 2012 and am now in the process of claiming ESA and I dont know when I will be ready to return to work so the best thing is if we came to some agreement. Any advice would be appreciated.

Not as I am aware. He is a cleaner at a pottery manufacturer and has a rota with specific times when he is supposed to be doing certain things. Sometimes if he is called to do something else which is not on his rota he gets behind but all the jobs have been done at the end of the day.

I would appreciate any advice that can be given on the following. My husband works for a local company and he has done so for the past 16 years. In 2007 he was being bullied and we went down the grievance path and my husband was moved to another department even though it was a drop in wages. He was fine in his new dept but in May 2010 he started talking as if he was being watched, this ended up with him being assessed by the hospital and to cut a long story short he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and they think he has had it for a long time. This resulted in him being off work sick for 7 months. In January 2011 he started back at work on a part time basis first then progressing to full time in about 6 weeks. The problem we are encountering now is that his employers have had him in the office and told him he is too slow at his job. He tried to explain about the medication he is only have slowed him down (which they have) and he is doing his best. His manager just said he wasnt interested and is fed up with it and that my husband is to knuckle down or they will dismiss him. Today he has seen occupational health and they want him and his psychiatric nurse to have a meeting to discuss his progress. Can they dismiss him as I know he is covered by the Equality Act. Thanks:???:

I am posting for some advice. I have been off sick since 9th August 2012 and I have requested to my employer whether they agree or not for me to work from home for 2.5 days a week instead of working full-time. I am worked for my employer now for just over 10 years. My sickness is due to depression but I also suffer from crohns disease and diabetes which are covered by the Equallity Act. The question I am asking is that my employers have requested an informal meeting to discuss ending my employment through a compromise agreement and I was just wondering what kind of payment I can request. Is there any recommendations or is it just a matter of what they offer me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards Sandra

I have not got a written contract as I have never been given one. I have worked for the firm for 10 years though and was just wondering if they can do this. I do have a job description though.

Further to my previous posts I need a little further advice. The firm I work for brought in last year that any employee can have the first 25 days off sick with full pay and thereafter they will pay SSP. The reason I am posting now is that my employer has got my sickness records all wrong and they have overpaid me in the past and have now only just realised. This last month I was due 4 weeks SSP but they have deducted some of the overpayment from that so I have just ended up with around £100 tax rebate to last me the month. Can they do this or should this have been discussed with me first?

Thank you so much for your replies. The company I work for is small - there is no occupational health dept, pension scheme or union so I am on my own. I have emailed them with my concerns about my job and am waiting to hear from them.

Thanks for your replies. I would like to point out that this has been going on now for nearly 2 years. When I was first employed 10 years ago I told my employers that I suffered from crohns disease which I know is covered under the Equality Act. Since then I have developed other illnesses. My employers have received 2 different medical reports from my consultants at the hospital as well as my GP and I had confirmation from my employers in July 2012 that they were satisfied with the results of these reports. In August I was diagnosed with sleep apnoea and since receiving the CPAP machine I have had constant headaches and shortness of breath. My GP has given me 2 fit notes now amounting to 7 weeks off work. I am due to see my consultant in a couple of weeks. I have now received a letter from my employers requesting a "performance and capability meeting" when I return. I have read the staff manual (which incidently has only just been done due to my firm wanting to get Lexcel accreditation) and the section which mentions disability mentions reasonable adjustments. No adjustments have taken place, I did mention about working from home but this was ignored. There are no adjustments that can be done really especially when I am suffering from a crohns flare up as I need to be near to toilet facilities and the office I work in has only one ladies toilet for 13 ladies and without going into too much information when crohns flares you need to get to a toilet fast. As for the headaches and migraines I suffer from I cannot stand the light let alone working on a computer for 7 hours so I doubt any "reasonable adjustments" can be made either. With reference to the "performance and capability meeting" I dont know what can be solved by having one of these. There has been no complaint about my performance or capability to do the job before - the problem that I can see is that I have had quite alot of time off sick. I have mentioned to them about making me redundant which I am still waiting to hear off them about. If anyone can let me know my rights - its a difficult situation to be in. I have told my employers everything about my illnesses and I understand that they need reliable employees after all they need their work done. I have even seen "Back to Work" advisers in the past when I have been off sick for the odd week or so but nothing came from that. I would like to point out that I may have had alot of time off sick over the past couple of years but its not been long-term sick like months off. I am off at the moment with the headaches and shortness of breath issue but this is the longest time I have ever been off sick - 7 weeks. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Sandra

I am employed at the moment and have been with the same firm for the past 10 years (since 2002). When I was employed 10 years ago they asked if I had any health problems and I told them that I suffered from crohns disease. Everything has been OK up to the past couple of years. For the past couple of years I have had alot of problems with my health, I have been off sick with my crohns disease, been diagnosed with diabetes and depression and also diagnosed with migraines and just recently I have been off for the past 6 weeks with breathing problems and headaches due to being diagnosed with sleep apnoea. To cut a long story short my employers have had 2 different medical reports from my doctors and hospital consultants and they wrote to me in June saying that they were satisfied with the medical reports that they had received. What I am concerned about is that over the past 2 years my employers have been taking work off me and giving it to some other employee. In February 2011 the firm was told that we wouldnt be paid our wages for being off sick anymore (even though they had always done so in the past) and that we would only now be paid for 25 days and any time taken off over that would be just SSP. In March 2011 I was told that 2 of my jobs (recording holidays and sick time for employees) would be given to the accountant to do, in June 2011 another job was taken off me, namely updating of the company website and in Sept 2011 being in charge of updating the company computer updates was also taken off me. I am currently off sick and a fortnight ago whilst I was off I found out that my job of ordering all the stationery for the offices has been given to someone else. I have a feeling that they are slowly taking my jobs away so that they can get rid of me. Anyway my question is surely this is a breach of contract. I have a written down job description and I have not been consulted in any way about any changes to my job. The firm have automatically given the jobs to someone else. I havent said anything in the past because I was told by one of the partners in no uncertain terms that its their business who does what job and it has got nothing to do with me. I have been looking up on the internet and I feel they are breaching my contract. Would I be able to claim for constructive dismissal if I left and went to an employment tribunal. Any help would be appreciated. Regards Sandra