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No, your employer can not do that. I speak from experience and am going through something very similar as we speak and it's been ongoing since last November. I took legal advice at the beginning of February and ended up getting solicitors to write to them. It's been a long hard slog to force...

I have taken all your advice and spoke to unions and had legal advice. The long and short of it is that yes it's dissability discrimination and everything is being done that can be to put it right. Of course all of the stress is giving me a flare up from hell, but I will be fighting them. I...

Thanks Sam. X I read up on DLA yesterday, looks like I'm going to have to get some energy drinks in to complete the application form!

Hi Clare, thank you for your reply. My issue with it is I have been there had had a few pretty severe flare ups in that time and although they have never fully "supported" my illness (even though they took me on when I had declared my crohns as my dissability on my application form) in the past...

Thank you everyone for you help, advice and support I will keep you all posted and if you hear of any jobs with sympathetic and supportive employers in Nottingham let me know 

Having Crohns is bad enough without being sacked from work because off it too. In the past they have been reasonable with sick absences but its all change now. I noticed near your username you are from Nottinhgam - me too!

I figured the same asyou Rebecca about the meds and being able to tell the disease/meds side effects from any other illness. My union rep has been involved every step of the way. It sucks as they knew before the employed me I had this condition and still took me on (because I ticked a box for...

Yes I am in the UK My employer is aware my illness is covered by the DDA but it doesnt seem to be making any difference.

I have been diagnosed with crohns disease for 11 years and with my current employer 5 years. They have started to become very strict on sickness absence and now I am having problems. I have been told that I am only allowed 4 days sick absence in a rolling 12 month period for crohns related...