telling employer about BA

I have been given a surgery date with of the 22nd June with Mr Traynor at MYA, I havent booked yet but hopefully will be calling my PC tomorrow to confirm, i'm just waiting for my holidays to be approved at work.

I work for the police and at some point tomorrow i am going to have to sit down with my sgt and explain that im having a BA, he's quite old school and i'm not sure how to broach the subject with him. I have already started telling some of my colleagues at work and they have all been super supportive (even if they do make the odd joke but i dont mind that, its just banter) I'm also going to have to tell him that as well as my 16days holiday, i will need to have approx 4 weeks on restricted duties and I definatley can't see him being happy about that but for obvious reasons i have no choice as it can be a very physical job.

So do you have any ideas how i should approach him? and does anyone know if they have to let you carry out restricted duties or can they force you to take time off as unpaid leave? xx

Oh god hunny I'm not sure... All I know is I told my employers and im
Sorry I did. They were not understanding at all and I was met with "well you can't go sick with That and you can't have time off as its fully booked" :pale:

As you work for the police and will need restrictive duties I'm not as sure how it works. Have other members of staff had to change roles down To a accident or illness??? I can't see how they can make you take it unpaid tho I could be wrong hunny. Let us know how it goes x x

im afraid i have no idea! im lucky im self employed as i didnt need to tell anyone! good luck hun, all i know is, its your choice to do it, and he has no right to enforce his opinions on you.
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Hey hun, I told my employers that I was having a mastopexy (uplift) and that I would need 3 months light dutie''s and they said they had to adhere to me being on light duties as, as I had informed them I would be unable to perform my usual duties they had to make sure I didn't sustain any injury at work. I don't know the for sure the legal implications but I think that if you inform your employer that you are unable to perform your usual duties due to x reason but can attend for lighter duties they have to ammend your duties. I may be wrong but that's how it's rolled for me.

Good luck hun xx

Hun,
16 days holiday is a long time, chances are that by the end of the holiday you will feel well enough to resume doing most duties, although anything 'strenuous' or heavy will still be off limits. How often do you think the very physical tasks come up?
If they're not very often you could risk it and not tell them although if you got hurt or if you failed to perform something you may be blamed.
If you decide to tell your Sgt and want to minimise the upset, remember that after 16 days the 'light duties' don't have to be light as you think, so make that clear to him that only the most strenuous bits will be forbidden. It may soften the blow.

I'm with the police too but work in the office and I didn't tell anyone and I certainly wouldn't want to unless I had to, given they're mostly men. I completely sympathise with you. I came back 5 days after the op pretending nothing had happened and I'm sure it was the right choice.
On another note, I once had to take time off for health reasons and they went out of their way to make sure that they weren't making me do anything too heavy, too soon, but then it was not an elective treatment so that's different.

well i still havent told him. Went in work the last 2 days and told myself that i must tell him today but totally bottled it Im starting to think that i shouldnt tell him at all but then again like you say if something happens i'll be in trouble. Im never usually bothered what people think, im very straight up and just come out and say whats on my mind, so the fact that i cant seem to bring this up is doing my head in

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I know how you feel hun. I didn't want my ba being common knowledge but I had to ask my boss for a weeks leave of absence, so I had to tell her. I did ask her that it remain confidential, and it has.

Kay works for the police, you could ask her how she managed hun.

I hope you get it sorted hun, then you can just relax and look forward to your op. xx

I never told my employers at any point of my BA journey. I just said I was having surgery and it was private! They don't delve when you say the private word....especially men as the think y ou might mention the virginal area and that would be too much for them to bare!!!

I used to have this thing (when I was office based) if I was leaving for the day and some sarcastic long hour working bloke said "ohhh off early today sweetie"...I would reply "Yes I have a smear test booked". It used to shut them up quite nicely

I'm in the same situation and haven't told my employers about the op, I'm already on light duties for an injury so I'm hoping I don't get any problems. If you feel happier that your employer knows about the op why not speak to Occupational Health so it's noted on your records rather than having to let your Sgt know.

Feel free to send me a pm if you want to ask anything x