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Maternity discrimination?
Hello,
As a potted history I became pregnant in August 09. My blood pressue started to rise around Xmas and my employer conducted a risk assessment that removed a lot of work related travel and so the stress. I was put down then to 20 hours from 25. I went on maternity leave in February and my baby was born in May. I returned to work in January 10. My boss said he could not increase my hours above 20 when we met in December, gave me no reason why and has continued to employ the person who covered my maternity leave to do the bits of my job he hasnt given me back.
My questions are:
a) Should I have been paid at 25 hours rather 20 hours for the period I worked whilst pregnant after the risk assessment. No one discussed finding anything else for me to do within those 5 hours.
b) Should my Maternity pay, employers, have been paid at 25 hours not the 20 as the risk assessment was only temporary for the time I was working whilst pregnant surely and I was contracted for 25 hours.
c) Should my employer have given me back my old job or a role similar with the same terms and conditions as my initial one, does normal and extended mat leave make a difference?
d) now we're in a redundancy process it looks as though she will keep her job as shes doing the work i was doing and I will go.
Really dont know what to do!! Please please help and if i can do something which bits of the law do i rely on?
As a potted history I became pregnant in August 09. My blood pressue started to rise around Xmas and my employer conducted a risk assessment that removed a lot of work related travel and so the stress. I was put down then to 20 hours from 25. I went on maternity leave in February and my baby was born in May. I returned to work in January 10. My boss said he could not increase my hours above 20 when we met in December, gave me no reason why and has continued to employ the person who covered my maternity leave to do the bits of my job he hasnt given me back.
My questions are:
a) Should I have been paid at 25 hours rather 20 hours for the period I worked whilst pregnant after the risk assessment. No one discussed finding anything else for me to do within those 5 hours.
b) Should my Maternity pay, employers, have been paid at 25 hours not the 20 as the risk assessment was only temporary for the time I was working whilst pregnant surely and I was contracted for 25 hours.
c) Should my employer have given me back my old job or a role similar with the same terms and conditions as my initial one, does normal and extended mat leave make a difference?
d) now we're in a redundancy process it looks as though she will keep her job as shes doing the work i was doing and I will go.
Really dont know what to do!! Please please help and if i can do something which bits of the law do i rely on?
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