I feel really stupid. But is it worth fighting ? especially in this climate, when I am just grateful of a job.
I am on mat leave. Due back after ds2 end october.
worked at this co for 2 years.
Phone my line manager. ask for meeting. tell him its to discuss reducing my days from 2.5 to 2.
Go to meeting. he agrees it. I ask what happens now. he says 'you will need to put it in writing, but I agree it.
I tell him that the nursery are asking me to confirm my days and ask if he is saying that I can tell them today , to lose then 1/2 day. He says, yes, he agrees that.
Off I go.
I pick up ds2 from his taster session at nursery and a;; excited tell them that I dpn't need the 2.5 days, I only need 2.
I write letter to him, cc HR, request reduce 2.5 down to 2. From 20 down to 15. I also ask to start back early, on oct 6th, instead of oct 29th - which he had also agreed. and I asked for childcare vouchers to be set up again.
I get back from holiday and am shocked to get letter from HR refusing request.
I ring nursery, but they can not guarantee 2.5 days now. Only my 2.
I feel so stupid. I accepted his verbal agreement. I asked him 3 times and he said it was agreed.
The 3 reasons they give for refusing are weak.
They say my work can not be given to any other accounts staff because they have defined roles and can not assimilate extra work.
This is true. But there will have to be some re-organisation. Becasue my old job is basically redundant. Which makes me fear I can't push too hard on this, because else they will just make me redundant.
I was employed to do the accounts for a number of sister companies. But just before I left , on mat leave, they were incorporated.
My maternity leave cover, they hired a qualified accountant, I am only part-qualified. And she is working 37.5 hours not my 20. They were always understaffed.
So when I do return, be it for 20 or 15, work will need to be re-allocated to me.
The letter says, after consideration..... refused. But it doesn't take into account that he had already agreed all my requests.
And is it even worth appealing ?
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Request reduce hours vebally agreed. Now refused. what do I do ?
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Oblomov · 30/08/2009 05:40
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