Hi I would be grateful for any advice.
I work in a Hotel and have just started a new role as Duty Manager.
I accepted the offer, have signed my contract but I am feeling nervous about informing work that I am pregnant.
I am currently 16+1/2 weeks pregnant.
The hotel is part owned by investors, part by a chain.
It is fairly new and they are having some financial difficulties.
People are not getting paid on time, including myself and although I have signed a contract it is still a 3 month trial.
I have been told if things dont pick up some staff members will have to be let go. I feel asthough when I tell them I am pregnant they are either going to try to find a reason to A) Demote me or B) make me redundant (Partly because if they cant pay the staff they have working, why would they want to pay me my maternity pay?)
These decisions would, in this case, be made by the investors rather then the General Manager. The investors are very 'hands on' and it is thanks to them that I have been promoted in the first place. However when push comes to shove money matters. A fellow colleague has just walked out after they refused to pay his paternity pay/holiday pay that he had accrued.
Thankyou for you time and I welcome any advice that you have to offer!