Hello all,
I am really hoping someone can give me some advice or guidance.
Last May I gave birth to my wonderful twin boys and I am still currently on maternity leave (due to return to work on 9th May).
My job is a full time job as a Administrator in a office of about 30 people. Last June the company made some redundancies including 2 from the accounts department which I am part of. As I had not long had my boys I knew it was not going to be viable to return to work full time as we simply could not afford the child care costs. I therefore decided to put myself forward for voluntary redundancy and explained that I was doing so as it was not going to be viable for me to return to work on a full time basis due to the child care costs. They confirmed they would take my offer in to consideration. Subsquently this was refused as I was told I scored highly within the categories. A part time employee and a full time employee were made redundant.
In January I put my request in for the change to my hours and went through all the procedure, however this was refused. I therefore followed the necessary procedures and appealed this but again this was refused.
I am know left unsure what to do. We simply cannot afford for me to return to work full time (nursery charges are £5000 over my wages before tax so you can imagine what it is like after tax) so I feel I have to hand in my resignation. We cannot afford for me to not work long term so I am currently hunting for part time positions like a mad woman.
My issue is I feel that they have used this situation against me and that if they knew a part time position would not be viable within the department (which I disagree with) they should have accepted my voluntary redundancy rather than make another full time member of staff redundant.
I have spoke to Acas and Citizen advice but they have not been able to help much. The gentleman I spoke to at Acas believes my next step would be to look into tribunal but I wanted to ask if anyone else has been in the this situation and can advice of what is best to do?
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Advice - Voluntary Redundancy refused, now flexible hours refused
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Shellhs · 03/05/2013 17:06
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