Hi. I was diagnosed in September 2020 with TNBC, I went back to work a year later after receiving 6 months of weekly chemo, surgery, and radiotherapy. Since returning I dropped my hours to part time and have only working mornings until approx 2/3pm since, so for the last 2 years. I am fully flexible every day of the week but prefer not to work past 5/6pm as I get tired. I suffer with sleepless nights and am often awake from 3am so doing early shifts suits me as I am awake with no hope of drifting off! My work want to change my hours to be fully flexible including late nights. For me I would find this a struggle as I am normally asleep or dozing by 7pm due to fatigue. I know they will say “but you go out for dinner outside of work, so surely you can work a shift” or something along those lines. But obviously what they don’t see is the next day I spend in bed or napping due to being tired. I feel if I was to do late nights at work, it would then result in me spending the next day wiped out and therefore disrupting quality of life. I’d like a little advice on how to go about this. I have explained I am flexible 7 days a week, 3am until 6pm just not late nights. I suffer with neuropathy, insomnia, cording in arms, menopause, anxiety, and obviously mental health issues resulting from the trauma of going through a cancer diagnosis. I am a member of the work union and I understand I am still covered by equality act is this correct? Any advice you can give would be much appreciated. Thank you.
