I have put this on the going back to work section, but thought with hindsight more of a possible employment issue.
I am working part time and am 20 weeks pregnant. The job has always been part time but very much with a full time workload. I have managed it (got good appraisals etc). In discussing my maternity cover recruitment, my boss is adamant at she wants to recruit a full time maternity cover based in the office, which was a complete shock. I currently work one day a week in the office and the rest at home which is reflected in my contract. Am just a bit concerned that after maternity leave, it will be difficult for me to go back to my part time role working mainly from home, as a precedent will have been set possibly to say full time works better for the organisation and that I would have to work full time. Can they do this? If they did do this would I get redundancy money?
The reason I am concerned is that historically, the organisation doesn't like part timers (the only other part timer was made redundant a few years ago) and the reason that my post came into being is that I was recruited before my manager joined the organisation, and at the time there was not the budget for a full timer.. I really don't feel I could work full time in the office (with two small children), and part time work in my field is very hard to come by - marketing.
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notthegoodwife · 10/01/2014 09:00
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