Hello,
I would really appreciate some advice if some of you have been in a similar situation. I am going back to work after taking 12 month maternity leave, I work as a senior manager in a large company. Prior to my maternity leave I was working 4 days a week, I asked if I could come back 3 days a week for 5 months and then resume a 4 day week, and this was eventually agreed by my employer (it was a long and difficult process). At that point during my maternity leave I was informed that my role no longer existed and that the company would be finding me a new role. Now as I am going back to work I am told that no suitable role exists, and that I am going to be given some sort of 'project work' (!) whilst I work a shorter week, and that a more permanent role will be found for me when I go back to a 4 day week.
This has left me wondering whether my company is allowed to do this, or whether they have an obligation to find me a similar role to the one I had before going on maternity leave as soon as I come back- or does the fact that I am reducing my hours-even if it is only temporary- mean that my employer does not need to give me a similar role to the one I had before my maternity leave as the terms of my contract have changed?
Thanks for your advice!