Permanent member of staff to cover my maternity leave
Can any one help me? my employer has hired a permanent member of staff to cover my maternity leave and i haven't even left to have my baby yet. is this allowed?? he keeps asking me whether i'm going to return after having the baby and when i say yes he says, no you won't you'll be a lady of leisure. I am management level and unless some one leaves the company who as at the same level as me before i return i won't have a position to come back to. i thought by law you could only hire a temp or temp to permanent depending if i return. Not giving my job to a new full time permanent member of staff. does anyone know anything about this??:\?
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i would ask your hr department as im sure he is not allowed to say what he said either ( even if he thought he was being funny )
sorry if thats not much help x
I'm in a similar position, they have hired someone toobut all along they have said they are not replacing me. Today I've received an e-mail from my line manager in response to my request to return part time, saying that she is waiting for a response from HR about whether I fit in with their requirements! My boss started in oct, I started feb 08 and ran the department for nearly 6 months when my old boss left. She's never really liked me, especially after going on my computer after i left and reading a load of e-mails I sent complaining about her! I'm sure she's trying to bad mouth me and push me out of my job. I'm planning to meet with the company's hr person soon, and I have a friend who works in hr who I'm going to ask to check out my rights!
Good luck!