Civil Servant Advice

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houst69 said:
i have been a civil servant for nigh on 20 years now.

I am struggling even in office work to complete a full days work due to arthritis in my left hip. I have already had my right hip replaced and left is next.

I am completely knackered and in severe pain on a night after i get home

Obviously I don’t want to lose any of my wages, but the civil service must have some sort of procedure where you can work specified number of hours to ease the pain with no loss of wages?

Anybody know the rules etc? Would be grateful for any advice
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i took partial retirement at 50, hsrdly any worse off...pm me if u need any info
 
As others have said your line manager should be helping. Do the MOD have workplace wellness or a similar set up that could help, is your work something that could be done away from your desk or at home?
 
What department do you work for?

I work for HMRC and we’ve ended up at about 7 desks per 10 people because of all the office changes. So its a bit of an informal ‘work at home when you want’ policy.
 
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Your line manager should ask you what you need to support you to do your job effectively and reasonable adjustments should be made - even if it means a small cost. They shouldn’t ask you what you want - what you want is presumably to not be in pain - what you need is something different entirely.

It is up to you to push this but you should be able to do so without prejudice or repercussions. All you want is to be able to do is your job to the best of your ability. A Government organisation certainly has a responsibility to support you as much as they can.
 
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You’ll never get ill health retired as long as your fit to do some hours of work. To get Ill Health Retirement you’ll need to prove to the scheme medical adviser that you are unable to work at all and will remain like that until you reach retirement age.

I work for HMRC and used to work in HR responsible for IHR cases. The IHR scheme is the same though across the civil service. Your best bet is to discuss your situation with your manager and try and get a reasonable adjustment allowing you to work full time hours. This could be anything from doing a different task for some or all of your day or allowing you to work from home for all or part of your day if that would help.

Partial Retirement might also be an option as has been said.
 
Chesterladmackem said:
37 years service to my country mate, and currently work 3 days with metal plates in my head and left eye stitched together as facial nerves gone and draw the part of my pension I have paid into, work shy, no, so fuck you.
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Alright Sgt, calm down.

And :lol::lol::lol::lol:.

You may be an exception and for that I salute you.

The O/P works on the side and wants to reduce his workload in his proper job - he's a workshy, mickey taking fuck.
 
Cappuccino Kid said:
What department do you work for?

I work for HMRC and we’ve ended up at about 7 desks per 10 people because of all the office changes. So its a bit of an informal ‘work at home when you want’ policy.
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Mate works there and reckons soon most will be forced to when other offices relocate.
 
Never like the thought of working from home. I did a couple of study days at home and me back was fucked for days sitting at the kitchen table.
 
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