hours at work

[lauren1st]

I have work my employer for 4 years now and always worked between 40 and 60+ hours, now I am 5 months pregnant and they have dropped my hours to 27-29 which I cannot live off as I run house alone. Can anyone tell me am I entitled to any help financially? Really appreciated as I am worrying a lot.

Depends how much you earn and if you have savings but I would suspect very little until you have the baby.

what hours are in your contract of employment? they need to consult if they want to reduce these hours. what reason have they given for the reduction?

What does your contract say in regards to hours worked per week?

The right way of doing this would have been:

121 meeting to discuss current working hours against what business needs are (45 hours reducing to 27). Meeting details why this needs to happen.

Opportunity for you to put forward alternatives to business proposal.

Business to consider your alternatives.

If business still decide a reduction of hours is necessary/vital the you would be issued notice that your hours are reducing.

IF you contract states full time hours, effectively you role is redundant.

If you have been working above your contracted hours of 27 (ie you worked overtime up to 45-60 hours per week) then redundancy wouldn't be applicable* as they pulling you back to what you should be on

Ultimately, they shouldn't have just reduced your hours and money without a meaningful consultation about it.

• custom and practice could still result in redundancy if this arrangement has been in place for a number of years and never challenged

It depends- what are your contracted hours? Have the additional been regular overtime?

Agree with the above. We need to know what your contract says. If the hours have been reduced due to your pregnancy then that is sex discrimination and you would be able to bring a claim.