I wonder if anyone has experience in this area that may be able to offer assistance. NHS HR are hopeless and Citizens Advice are taking an age to get back.
Our situation is this:
My wife is currently due to return to work at the end of April following the end of her maternity leave. However we have been really hit for six with the news that our 9 month old daughter requires heart surgery at Great Ormond St Hospital in early April. Given the likely recovery period from such major surgery my wife was hoping to taking a career break for a few months over this period to be at home with our daughter as she recovers back to full health.
However she has been told by NHS HR that it is impossible to go straight from maternity leave to a career break (whatever the circumstances!!) and she will be required to work a minimum of a working day per week or else repay her maternity pay.
I would really appreciate if someone could help advise us on this. To me this sounds like clear discrimination against my wife as had the need to take this emergency career break occured at any other time there would not have been an issue. The fact it occurs straight after maternity leave, when such heart defects often occur, means she is being penalised for taking maternity and then wanting to be off and care for our daughter.
Any thoughts would be gratefully received, thanks ever so much x
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bt77 · 06/03/2017 10:46
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