Single mum, being pushed out of my company

leslieknope

best of luck with it all. i don't think two absences that can be explained will be too much concern. main asence issues are those who clearly take the P calling in sick with 'colds' when they just want a little more time in bed!

annandale

I understand why you want to leave. But you may be sanctioned as you know and the DWP might ask what you did to try and resolve the issues.

How will you manage financially if you end up getting sanctioned?

Kinderegg

I will have to manage by a combination of being very frugal and having my family's support until I find something new.

Bogalot

You have another option to make sure you're not sanctioned. If you are still under a fit note when you resign you can claim ESA. ESA does not sanction people for leaving work. Then, even if you're only on ESA for a week or two, if you then change to JSA you will not be sanctioned, your previous employment will not be looked into.

Kinderegg

Do I have any rights to request to be paid for the time in lieu I didn't receive? My contract stipulates that overtime should be taken as time off in lieu and cannot be carried over. Not sure where I stand with this...

nicechap

Kinderegg wrote: »

......... Not allowing me time off in lieu which I couldn't then carry over............

Kinderegg wrote: »

Do I have any rights to request to be paid for the time in lieu I didn't receive? My contract stipulates that overtime should be taken as time off in lieu and cannot be carried over. Not sure where I stand with this...

You seem to have answered your own question in your opening post.

Given the paid time off you've had from work do you think its fair on your employer to pay?

Undervalued

nicechap wrote: »

You seem to have answered your own question in your opening post.

Given the paid time off you've had from work do you think its fair on your employer to pay?

Given how annoyed the OP is with her employer (rightly or wrongly) I rather doubt if she is interested in being "fair" but more in getting everything to which she is legally entitled.

So yes, if she is owed time off then she is entitled to be paid for this along with any untaken holiday. Also, depending on her notice period and assuming she continues to be signed off sick, then she may be entitled to full pay for the notice even if she would otherwise only be getting SSP.

annandale

People are entitled to sick pay if they are ill. The toil is a separate issue.

Undervalued

annandale wrote: »

People are entitled to sick pay if they are ill. The toil is a separate issue.

Yes but, as I understand it, the OP is resigning and will be signed off sick for the duration of her notice period.

If so, then she has no opportunity to take the TOIL. Under these circumstances she has a good argument that she should be paid for it.

Ultimately, if the employer refuses, she will have to decide it it warrants a court case.

FBaby

The company were happy for me to work flexibly when it came to doing the overtime, but it seems they were unhappy for me to work flexibly during my regular hours. A little contradictory if you ask me.

It is if you only consider yourself in the argument, it might not be at all if you consider others.

As already stipulated, I expect that the issue is that you expect some flexibility that just cannot be given to all employees and it might be that these employees are being fed up that they have to come to the office every day, maybe some dealing with long commute, problems with trains (if SE region) etc... but are told that in no circumstances they can work from home, when you get to do so just because your daughter had a bad night and doesn't want to go to breakfast club. Or asking to leave at 3pm to pick her up from school when others have to pay for afterschool clubs because they are expected to stay until 5pm.

I am extrapolating, but I've seen this so often, some particular staff getting some benefits that everyone craves over reasons that are not, or not always at least, justified, hence building huge resentment.

Flexible working is great when staff want different things. Ie, in my team, some want to early starts whilst others are happy to come later (traffic in rush hour obliging), so it works well. Also, we now have a much better mix of parents, so there is a better balance between those who really want to take their holiday during term time whilst others want to avoid it at all costs.

Back a few years time, I took on a job where myself and a colleague were expected to cover each other at all time. I knew his kids were adults so thought it would work out well, except that his wife was a teacher!! We therefore had to compromise, but both of us would have preferred to take all the school holidays then!