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Bill (let's call him that) didn't feel well and after a visit to the Doctor had been signed off work for 7 days due to "stress".
Bill didn't agree with the Doctors diagnosis, and went straight from the surgery into work.
Bills boss, on finding this out, sent Bill home, stating the companys "duty to care" despite Bills protestations that he felt OK to work and thought the doctor was wrong.
Could the company then take action should it be discovered that Bill played golf during his time off????
 
I would say no , because when you are signed off with stress , they normally advise you to relax/take it easy, and I am sure that to relax Bill would play golf.
 
I wouldn't have thought so. You can be unfit for work and still fit to do other things and I have never known a situation where someone is required to stay at home just because they are "ill".

I agree that the duty of care would be a problem if, knowing that a doctor had signed him off, to let him work, as stress can manifest itself in many different ways and it wouldn't be worth a company taking that risk as the potential claim could be costly.


Once they sent him home, as I see it, the company would only have an issue if he did something in the knowledge that it may impede his recovery and I actually think with a round of golf its likely to have a theraputic effect.

This is, of course, a personal opinion of a company owner and I could be wrong


Chris
 
Bill (let's call him that) didn't feel well and after a visit to the Doctor had been signed off work for 7 days due to "stress".
Bill didn't agree with the Doctors diagnosis, and went straight from the surgery into work.
Bills boss, on finding this out, sent Bill home, stating the companys "duty to care" despite Bills protestations that he felt OK to work and thought the doctor was wrong.
Could the company then take action should it be discovered that Bill played golf during his time off????
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Rob, you should have waited til end of the month, you could have fitted in Beau and Robin Hood, or is it the fact your not going causing the stress ;) ;)
 
It's more than the Duty of Care, if Bill has been signed off the company won't be insured for him, as an employee, to be on the premises.

What did Bill's doctor suggested to alleviate the symptons of stress?
 
No.

No company will challenge a Doctor. A great and proven release and recovery from stress is physical excercise.
 
No

A colleague in the next bay from me is currently off with stress. He has reached single figures for the first time this season already.

Meanwhile his work is landing on my desk

:mad:
 
It's more than the Duty of Care, if Bill has been signed off the company won't be insured for him, as an employee, to be on the premises.

What did Bill's doctor suggested to alleviate the symptons of stress?
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Thanks smiffy that was supposed to be our secret :mad: :mad: :D He told me to stop reading golf forums & stop playing golf as this was stressing me out .. Id say once he presented himself for work & the company sent him home he would be ok ..As mightymoose said its purely insurance thing . Regards Bill
 
What did Bill's doctor suggested to alleviate the symptons of stress?
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I think Bill was told to get himself away from the situation that was causing the stress in the first place.
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On a serious note we prob shouldnt be so flippent regarding a horrible ilness ,as i said earlier, as he presented for work & they sent him home , head out n play golf, feck them ..
 
On a side note, if "Bill" thought he was fine to return to work, then it's quite simple to return to the Doctor and ask for his sick note to be rescinded. He would then be able to return to work. The fact that he didn't do this may put the onus back onto him. I doubt any company would pursue this though as it's a bit of a grey aea that any decent legal rep would walk right through..Not worth the hassle really
 
since Bill isn't unfit to work for a physical reason, bad back, sore finger etc, then taking light physical exercise should only be seen as him having a positive attitude toward trying to improve his health. he could have chosen to veggie in front of the idiot box, download a few gigs of a dubious nature or spent the day getting p'd.

however, playing against your boss, and beating him, can only be seen as detrimental to health and future prospects
 
So when Bill turns up to play tomorrow does he show his handicap certificate or doctors certificate?




Chris
 
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