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Returning to work after maternity leave

Caroline1987
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Hi,
Can you advise, I have applied for flexible working after my maternity leave and I have been accepted but only on a trial basis of 3 months, where would I stand if after 3 months they dont feel part time is working? would I have to go full time and work my notice period (i wouldnt be able to do full time financially) would it count as reduncy if they decide its not working?
Thanks for any advice
Can you advise, I have applied for flexible working after my maternity leave and I have been accepted but only on a trial basis of 3 months, where would I stand if after 3 months they dont feel part time is working? would I have to go full time and work my notice period (i wouldnt be able to do full time financially) would it count as reduncy if they decide its not working?
Thanks for any advice
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Interesting, I would say you wouldn't be made redundant, you would be given the option to
a) either go full time
b) resignAlways ask ACAS0 -
Neither of those options are enforceable, surely? OP have you asked your employers what happens after the trial period?Declutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️0
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I was thinking it could be resign or full time but I didnt know if they could legally do that, thankyou.
I havent yet asked what would happen, I will ask them0 -
Neither of those options are enforceable, surely? OP have you asked your employers what happens after the trial period?
Course they are, they are trying to help the OP by seeing whether flexible working would work by offering a trial. If this doesn't work the OP then gets the option to keep their original job and its conditions or resign and leave the company.
Remember they could just not offer a trial and say either come back to your job or resignAlways ask ACAS0 -
Caroline1987 wrote: »I was thinking it could be resign or full time but I didnt know if they could legally do that, thankyou.
I havent yet asked what would happen, I will ask them
I could be wrong legally wise but I can't see why it would be unfair, if it was illegal to offer the trial then they just wouldn't try to be accomidatingAlways ask ACAS0 -
Neither of those options are enforceable, surely? OP have you asked your employers what happens after the trial period?
Why not?
They are within their rights to say no anyway; so giving the arrangement a trial period is good; but if it isn't working for them then the OP gets a choice of what to do next.0 -
Three month trials are quite common for flexible working applications, it gives the employer time to assess if the new pattern works or not.
At the end of the trial, as long as they can show valid business reasons, they can refuse to extend to a permanent arrangement and the OP will have to decide to return to the original hours prior to maternity or resign.0 -
Thankyou everyone, im glad its quite normal0
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