Hi All,

We have a chap working in our joinery workshop, who for sometime has been suffering with migraines. This has resulted in him having a considerable amount of time off work (random days some multiple). We've been urging him to keep talking to his doctors to see what changes to medication could be made to help him (he admits hes not been taking exsisting medication as he should), said doctor has now described a course of Sertraline on a 'low dose' to help with migraines, however it has been noted that the side effects of these can be confusion, imparied concentration, confusion, or verbally told by doctor to avoid driving and operating machinery, everything we dont want in a joinery department using large saws and sharp hand tools. 

We urged the employee to dicuss his concerns with his doctor to confirm he would be safe to drive to work and operate machinery, said doctor will not commit to saying Yes or supply a fit note, however sent a link to the possible effects of taking the prescribed drugs. 

My question is, where does that leave the company? work place adjustments just arnt possible in his job role, and no-one can confirm (other then him) whether he's ok to operate machinery.

Any advice on this would be really appreciated.

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