A question about : Redundancy after return from maternity leave
I've Just had redundancy consultation with my employer who O;ve been with nearly 20 years. I was on maternity leave for a year and was told of this 4 weeks after my return. I came back part time instead of full time. Can my employer do this to me? I thought I would be protected. They had started someone to cover for me but had decided a few months ago to keep him working there anyway. There are big company reorganisations going on and I was told that both our jobs are going because some duties are being centralised . There is a new role being created, so looks like one will be made redundant and one will get applying for the new job. I can see lots about when you are on maternity leave, but not after it. They are using a score sheet to decide who goes Can they do this?
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- Well i thought that it was OK before i finished on maternity leave. Excuse me, but I feel so bad about this. Would me changing to part=time have affected this ? They say that the new job has to be full-time and the other person isn't interested in part-time with me. I thought also that it might be because I'm now a mother
- Thank you for your replies. I feel very upset about it, but wouldn't want to create a wrong impression with my employer. I know that it's all got to be fair. I thought that maybe they have done this because i'm now part-time and they want full time instead, which the other person is. I haven't yet signed my change of contract, but have been back 4 weeks only part-time. will that change anything?
- thank you very much...still reeling !!
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