Complicated by the fact that I'm 'self employed' working for a larger company.
They book all work appointments for me through their software, I have to then attend all appointments on their behalf, pitch their service to a pretty exacting script in a way they train us and then follow their very strict process for follow up and further contact and to provide the service the way they tell us.
I am paid on a commission structure whereby we were offered 3months of 'guaranteed' commission when we start and then after that would just be paid the commission we earned per service sold. 3 months passed and they weren't supplying near enough business to make it a sustainable business and so they extended the 3 months to 'ongoing' until the business was self sufficient. It's now 2 years later.
I notified them of my pregnancy and 13 weeks later they made a company wide new policy surrounding 'financial support' and the continued guaranteed commission is now only given monthly if certain targets (which are beyond unrealistic) are met. Last month I worked 60 hours a week and travelled sometimes hundreds of miles a day on their behalf and they are now only willing to pay my basic commission of a few hundred £.
Are they able to change the terms of my financial income after I notified them of my pregnancy?
This has also meant that the maternity cover I had arranged is now unwilling to cover my work whilst I am off because of too much uncertainty around income. They had originally offered the maternity cover in a continuation of my 'ongoing' guaranteed commission.
Any help on this would be much appreciated!