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Work problem while TTC
Hello, I'm new to this site and to conception and pregnancy come to that!
Me and my lovely husband have only just started trying to conceive due to my apparently unusual working conditions.
I work for a small printing company which uses many different solvents, thinners and cleaners and the air is thick with fumes all the time. Being concerned about the effect this might have on my future unborn child I spoke to my boss in March about this and he agreed to move me to an upstairs office, away from the main factory and print rooms.
This has led to a bit of a revamp and decoration (as well as moving my desk) which is not finished yet.
I said to my boss that my and my husband would be starting to try at the beginning of June when we had a holiday booked so when I got back I didn't want to have to go into the factory except for very brief periods, such and to fetch something or go through there on my way to the loo, etc.
Now I am back from holiday and my boss says that I will have to work in the factory for two weeks until the redecoration is finished. I'm very concerned because me and my husband started trying on holiday and there is a small chance (OK, teeny!) that I am pregnant already. I really don't want to risk working in that environment but when I raised this with my boss, he said that it's only two weeks and he's been doing the best he can for me (i.e. I'm being ungrateful!) and I have to be fair on him.
I desperately need this job so that I qualify for maternity pay.
Am I being a bit over the top or have I got a valid argument?
Any advice on this would be much appreciated.
Sarah
Me and my lovely husband have only just started trying to conceive due to my apparently unusual working conditions.
I work for a small printing company which uses many different solvents, thinners and cleaners and the air is thick with fumes all the time. Being concerned about the effect this might have on my future unborn child I spoke to my boss in March about this and he agreed to move me to an upstairs office, away from the main factory and print rooms.
This has led to a bit of a revamp and decoration (as well as moving my desk) which is not finished yet.
I said to my boss that my and my husband would be starting to try at the beginning of June when we had a holiday booked so when I got back I didn't want to have to go into the factory except for very brief periods, such and to fetch something or go through there on my way to the loo, etc.
Now I am back from holiday and my boss says that I will have to work in the factory for two weeks until the redecoration is finished. I'm very concerned because me and my husband started trying on holiday and there is a small chance (OK, teeny!) that I am pregnant already. I really don't want to risk working in that environment but when I raised this with my boss, he said that it's only two weeks and he's been doing the best he can for me (i.e. I'm being ungrateful!) and I have to be fair on him.
I desperately need this job so that I qualify for maternity pay.
Am I being a bit over the top or have I got a valid argument?
Any advice on this would be much appreciated.
Sarah
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