Minister urges employers to make workplace adjustments for people with arthritis

  Minister urges employers to make workplace adjustments for people with arthritis The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, Sarah Newton, has called on employers across the country to make workplace adjustments for people with arthritis and related conditions. According to the latest statistics, arthritis and related conditions such as back pain account for 30 million working days lost each year. The call to action came this week when the Minister visited Arthritis Research UK’s London office to understand more about the charity’s approach to promoting health and well-being in the workplace. The Minister met with employees who have arthritis to hear how their condition affects their working lives in different ways– from travelling to work and managing daily tasks that many of us take for granted. One of the employees the Minister met is Collette McColgan, 28, from Sheffield, who has worked for Arthritis Research UK for nearly two years. Collette said:“I’ve struggled in the past to find a job that could work around my condition. It can be quite unpredictable and I don’t know when I’m going to have a flare-up.“Working for Arthritis Research UK is great. People here understand how arthritis affects you. The flexible working means I can change my hours around appointments, and start later in the day or work from home if I’m having a flare-up. I also have a desk that I can raise, so I can stand up and stretch my ...
Source: Arthritis Research UK - Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news