I could do with some outside perspective and guidance please. I have 25 years in my profession. I've really struggled with how my employers behave (very cut throat) & now I find myself on the recieving end.

I asked six + months ago to change my contract to flexible/compressed working for (complex) health reasons. I was refused and told 'but you can make use of sick leave'. Fast forward to now and I've several serious issues & off ill. My company concerns me. How can I protect myself?

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They are telling me not to speak to my managers and only go through HR. They are sending me Desk Assessments when I am off sick waiting to hear if I have cancer. They put my sick leave in the timesheet system as holiday leave, and they are requesting catch up calls with them when I am quite ill. They said I could postpone if I wanted, but this concerns me, so I agreed to continue with it. I requested (before I finally had to give in work wise and was signed off), that I could have an Occ Health review. Nurse interviewed me and wrote a letter same day to my employers and said 'not fit to work and should be signed off'. Nurse also forwarded my case (due to complex medical history) to am Occ Health Dr. The Dr said exactly same thing and that when I do return to work, it should be a slow phase at 50% of hours until well enough.

My concern is that I know how others are treated by my employers and I feel very concerned with the safety of my job. What else can I do to protect myself? I already work from home (I was employed as fully remote as a global firm, and a lot of my hours are excessive due to requests by overseas colleagues).

I have several times spoken to leadership about the excessive (unpaid) overtime, and asked for one non working day a week so I can keep up to date with medical tests and have that day to help with my chronic fatigue. They say 'block out your calendar and don't make yourself available, but it's the directors who ask for my help. It's the Directors who book meetings in my family time and everything has been urgent since the day I joined. I am on my 6th Manager since I joined 18 months ago because they either left, or were pushed.

It's a very pressured environment and always has been. I need to remain with a form that will accept my fully remote role. I am classed as exceptional in my appraisal and I was given a promotion, but it's the pace and pressure that is exacerbating my health issues.

I welcome any advice you can give please.

Thanks, in advance.

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