Hi peeps, I am 22 weeks pregnant and stressed out at work over the past few days. I work full time and my employer knows that I am pregnant. My job involves face to face contact with members of the public who have financial problems/mental health and physical disabilities.
I have been asked to carry out an appointment with someone who is flagged as being recently violent and threatening due to an incident (last month) with a member of staff.
I raised my concerns about seeing this person as due to my pregnancy I feel that risks such as this should be reduced rather than increased. It is not only the potential physical threat that I would be under but the emotional impact/worry/stress that this puts me under due to the risk involved and the effects of this on my baby. Following a discussion with my manager I was asked whether I am fit enough to do the job at all.
Surely my employer should be carrying out risk assessments rather than telling me I am unfit? Can they even say that to me?