How work handled redundancy & maternity

[Geekydeaky]

Hi Guys,

I'm currently trying to find alternative work for when my maternity leave ends- end of July. My mums friend who is a lawyer recently heard about what happened and was appalled and wants to send a letter but I'm not sure if I should let her.

Does the below sound like I have grounds for kicking them up the ass?

• I was in the consultation period without my manager at the time telling them I was pregnant and she was aware.

*The consultation period was going to end after I was 25 weeks/ 13 weeks before delivery but I still had to fight and bring that up

*Something was done once I claimed the company didn't want to pay SMP

*I had nothing in writing about the new plan and I was just told on the phone to "let us know when I had a new job" therefore they seemed to not have any intention of paying me redundancy. The new plan was furlough until she was born & then go on to SMP.

• I had an extremely insulting letter sent about a pay increase- might have been generic but shouldn't have been sent which mentioned the increase would occur when I came back to work off maternity.

*I haven't been offered any suitable roles without interview which is my right, I have just been told we can send you suitable roles after I contacted them and this was at the end of last month. My daughter was born in October.

*I had to chase HR when I questioned when I was being made redundant- which I had to do because no one had been in contact with me and I was confused after receiving the letter about a pay increase.

• No one has been in contact with me the entire time of my maternity from the company (apart from to ask when she was born) until I contacted them albeit two weeks after- apart from letters which always stated I was still employed- company bonus, letter about company updates. Like I said before I was just told to "let us know when I had a new job"

I'm grateful I got the furlough and SMP but the whole thing at the beginning made me incredibly ill, for two days I was just throwing up constantly from stress (I was over the sickness by then) and I remember after the first consultation sitting in the bath crying stroking my belly and apologising to my daughter for already failing her. Honestly I was a mess- it made me so poorly.

Thanks!

I honestly could not follow your story, even the first bullet point I just don’t know what you mean. You say something should have happened at a certain time, so what should have happened and what did happen? What did the insulting letter say? Do you know if there have been suitable alternative roles that could have been offered to you? Why did you not do anything until last month?

It might be worth re writing it in paragraphs with a time line as the bullets are hard to follow.

I couldn't follow it either. It's a bit vague too.

Your post is rather confusing. I suspect they felt they did you a favour by furloughing you until you went on ml. What exactly is the situation now as it seems as if there is potentially still a role after ml and you have not lost out financially. Redundancy consultation is never easy and until you hand in matb1 your manager may not have informed the company but probably should have asked if you gave permission to do so.

No idea what has happened here.

Can you rewrite with the points a bit clearer so someone with knowledge can help?

I can't follow either. Consultation for what? What was done?

You will need to engage an employment lawyer or contact Pregnant the Screwed.

Sorry this is a bit muddled. Could you write to them for confirmation of your current status

Dear employer,
My maternity leave comes to an end on X date. I am expecting to return to date on X date.

I am aware that the consultation underway before my leave has continued, but not the outcome of that process. Please can you confirm the role that I will be returning to.

If there is currently no role available for me to return to please can you confirm the redundancy process and when that is expected to take place.

regards OP

Hi OP, it's hard to follow what happened. Is this what happened?

1. Placed at risk of redundancy went through consultation, which ended when you were 25 weeks pregnant.

1. Received notice of termination at 25 weeks pregnant, which was extended beyond the contractual length of notice to cover your maternity leave.