Does work have the authority to tell you that you are not fit to work?

[Jacob The Third]

As the title says - does the employer have the right to tell you that you are not fit for work, when you believe you indeed are?

[Pikachu]

Hello.......having been of work for a number of weeks due to anxiety and this has happened a number of times, work can not define when you should return to work. Instead what they should do is invoke occupational health so that they can conduct a risk assessment by understanding your challenges, the demands of the role and associated recommendations to try and get you back into work (if at all possible). I have had occasions where it is no - I can not work - and the employer has to go by that.....hope that helps

[SecretBipolar]

Hello.......having been of work for a number of weeks due to anxiety and this has happened a number of times, work can not define when you should return to work. Instead what they should dob is invoke occupational health so that they can conduct a risk assessment by understanding your challenges, the demands of the role and associated recommendations to try and get you back into work (if at all possible). I have had occasions where it is no - I can not work - and the employer has to go by that.....hope that helps

Have been through and got LCWRA myself - it makes the conversation more easier.