4 month old baby. Parenters Just been sacked!

[Cmh1592]

My partner and I have a 4 month old baby. I'm currently on maternity and he has just got the sack  my maternity pay is £140 a week which barely covers anything! What do we do?! How do we now pay our rent and bills? I'm so stressed with it being so close to Xmas and whether we are going to end up homeless! Any advice please.

Sorry to hear this.

Why has he been sacked and has he received any pay in lieu of notice? Is it something he can appeal against?

At worst, can you return from maternity leave early so he stays home to look after your baby?

And are either of you entitled to any benefits now?

Has he been made redundant (ie his job doesn’t exist anymore) or dismissed for poor performance/other reasons?

I do feel your pain. DH was made redundant a month before Christmas when the dc were 4 weeks and 3.

yes to above.
you partner needs to work on cv and applications pronto.
you need to look into benefits (not sure if eligible, but do your research)
you also need to look at reducing living costs and possibly returning to work earlier than planned.

good luck!

It sounds as if your best bet is to return to work early. Not ideal of course, but needs must and all that. I’m having to work all the way through Christmas myself so I sympathise.

Is this the same partner that left you in November?

I agree that going back to work early with your partner looking after the baby and job hunting is probably the best course of action.

It's honestly been one thing after another! Yeah it is, we sat down got everything out in the air and have been working on things, things are much better now, I've always wanted the happy family I guess. I'm going to have to go back to work. Definitely the last thing I wanted to do. But needs must.

@GerdaLovesLili you must have a good memory

Same thing happened to us when my youngest was a baby. First thing I did was speak to my boss and ask if I could go back to work early and without giving 8 weeks’ notice. They agreed but in the end my OH got another job right away so I didn’t have to. So I think you need to explore going back ASAP x

If your partner hasn't got a new job within a month then make moves to go back to your job and he can take care of the baby. One of you needs to be working .

What do we do?! How do we now pay our rent and bills?
First of all was your DP actually sacked?

Do you consider his sacking to have been fair or not?

How long did he work for that employer?