I have a full time job working 37 hours and a second job with them in which I only work one hour per week teaching a fitness class. They have informed me that I will get maternity pay for both jobs for up to 52 weeks. I intend to take 39 weeks off, but would like to return to job 2 asap. Is it possible to go back to job 2 & lose the maternity pay for job 2 without it affecting the maternity pay I receive for my full time job?…
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After returning from maternity leave I was told I could work part-time hours. On my first day back I was told I can only do this for one month and after that it will be back to full time. I understand that maybe this is a business need, but can they be allowed to treat me like this? The initial agreement was made over the phone and not in writing.
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I'm currently on income support. I'm a skilled and trained performer and could set up as self employed and work now, but the problem I have is that I would only ever be contracted to work for an hour and a half at a time - for maybe three or four evenings a week. I would earn too much to be able to claim income support, yet I would not work enough hours to claim working tax credit. I have tried to explain that although I may only be contracted to work an hour and a half at a venue, I would probably be at the venue for a total of 5 hours, would be traveling for at least a couple of hours to get to and from the venue, and that's not including all the preparation and rehearsal, yet they are adamant that I can only include actual hours worked, and suggest I get another job, or stay as I am. I don't understand how this can work, It's a full-time job by itself, and is what I'm trained to do. If I was selling any other product, cars, furniture, I wouldn't just charge for the moment I sold the product - the price would include the craftsmanship, labour etc. As a self-employed person, would I be able to break down the cost of what I was paid? Or is there any way around this? I feel like I'm banging my head around a brick wall and would appreciate any help or advice you can give me.…
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I am currently on maternity leave and being redeployed in work. They keep asking me in for interviews which I have been attending. It is making me feel very stressed! I went for one interview and they told me they would start me tomorrow, but I could not have the job as it was only for six months. Now I have to go in for more interviews. I feel if I say no it will go against me, but at the same time I am really stressed! My baby is only 11 weeks and I am breastfeeding. I also have a three and a half year old.
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I am on maternity leave until February 2012 and my company is restructuring, creating a mirror image of current existing roles (i.e. no major change to responsibilities and no change to pay). The primary reason for the restructure is implementation of a new IT system. However, there is a rumour of an upcoming new contract which would involve 16 new people being TUPE'd in (no contracts signed yet). I have been asked to reapply for a new role within the restructure - although at this point I am only being asked to indicate which role I want. Do I have to go through an re-application process whilst on Maternity Leave? And do I have grounds to reject the competitive applications process and insist on an offer for a suitable alternative or alternatively a reason why it is not reasonably practicable to do so?…
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