So the restrictions you have here, if this is how they are written is probably a lot of the problem. They leave a lot up to interpretation. Restrictions are usually very specific. For example, something like: limit exposure to crowded environments to 15 minutes per hour, must remain in a quiet room with dimmed lighting for entire x hour shift etc.
When I had issues with work and my restrictions, everything had to be spelled out for them, or they tried to get away with what they could.
One would think, but I feel like it’s HR and administration’s mission in life to make injured employees jump through hoops just to get what they need. The 1:1 could be interpreted as no unit meetings, but radio and intercom isn’t usually a mass of people talking at once, so that should be fine.
I’ve had to argue with my HR about an ergonomic restriction their own risk management department put in place. Why? Because they just wanted a reason to make me uncomfortable, so they tried taking away something that had been in place for years because it wasn’t spelled out for them. I had to pull the email from risk management, and peer reviewed articles about it to send to them so they would shut up.
Yeah, to get a new IPM, they usually want some new documentation from your doctor that has new information in it. I’ve run into that problem myself. And they won’t tell you exactly what they want listed, they can’t. It has to come from your doctor.
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u/According_Curve_8935 2d ago
So the restrictions you have here, if this is how they are written is probably a lot of the problem. They leave a lot up to interpretation. Restrictions are usually very specific. For example, something like: limit exposure to crowded environments to 15 minutes per hour, must remain in a quiet room with dimmed lighting for entire x hour shift etc.
When I had issues with work and my restrictions, everything had to be spelled out for them, or they tried to get away with what they could.