I have a friend- who has left her job due to illness and employers being shite. ' 'I've left my job though, they wouldn't support me, it is classed as a chronic illness, it is an under active thyroid, I just get ill when I do too much, what should I do? I can't go 12 weeks with no money
I don't know the system'
Anyone got good advice?
I'm going down Luton unemployed advice center on Monday to see what I can find out.
'That would be so good, when I get stressed my thyroid, its a gland under the neck like where Adams apple is on you, it swells up and makes me feel awful, zaps my energy
One doc sYstem my levels are ok, but that's when I'm not working or stressed, when I was working I was expected to work until finish when it suited them, I had no choice.6am til 9.45am were my contracted hours but I was made to stay til 3.30pm at least with only half an hour break. I was dead on my legs
Says not system'
Going to post about that on Ben Goldacre discussion site.
I think that sounds really unfair- i know another site that may be able to help, i'll post there too. It's not properly scientific if he testing you in different conditions.
thank you for reading and help or advice, inadvance.
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I have underactive thyroid too. Getting on the right level of meds is pretty important. That means regular blood tests and sticking to your medication routine. But that's not really the main point here, the shitty behaviour of the employers is.
I'd love to tell you that your friend could sue for constructive dismissal but from what I can tell that wouldn't be an option. But read up on it just in case: http://www.worksmart.org.uk/rights/constructive_dismissal.
Your friend should be applying for employment support allowance (ESA) not job seekers allowance (JSA) since she is disabled and therefore entitled to the slightly better conditions ESA provides.
But if her doc isn't supportive that's not going to happen. She is legally entitled to a second opinion, so take advantage of that if needs be.
There are two different tests for thyroid function. My problem was not picked up on the usual one, only on the one for the pre-cursor hormone. I can't remember the technical details, unfortunately, but I thought I'd mention it.
I'm not sure I've understood the situation properly, but good luck to both of you.