Hi,
This is for a friend of mine (honestly!).
Situation is that she is on maternity leave, due to go back to work after Christmas.
Problem is that due to the downturn, there is no work there for her to do.
Her employer does not want to make her redundant (both for financial reasons and also because they want to keep her on their books for when times might change).
Employer has suggested that she 'go sick' for a while until business hopefully picks up again.
This girl has always been above board in all her dealings, and doesn't know what to do now! Can she force her employer to pay her redundancy?
If she refuses to apply for disability benefit, then she is back to looking for a new job and right now is not a good time for that.
What are her options? Obviously she will need to get some money in each week once her maternity leave finishes. Can she claim unemployment benefit or job seekers allowance straight away? What if her employer refuses to admit that there is no job there for her and says that she left of her own accord? Obviously that will prevent her from claiming anthing for a few weeks.
She is getting v stressed out with all of this, employer just keeps insisting that she consider 'going sick'.
Help!
This is for a friend of mine (honestly!).
Situation is that she is on maternity leave, due to go back to work after Christmas.
Problem is that due to the downturn, there is no work there for her to do.
Her employer does not want to make her redundant (both for financial reasons and also because they want to keep her on their books for when times might change).
Employer has suggested that she 'go sick' for a while until business hopefully picks up again.
This girl has always been above board in all her dealings, and doesn't know what to do now! Can she force her employer to pay her redundancy?
If she refuses to apply for disability benefit, then she is back to looking for a new job and right now is not a good time for that.
What are her options? Obviously she will need to get some money in each week once her maternity leave finishes. Can she claim unemployment benefit or job seekers allowance straight away? What if her employer refuses to admit that there is no job there for her and says that she left of her own accord? Obviously that will prevent her from claiming anthing for a few weeks.
She is getting v stressed out with all of this, employer just keeps insisting that she consider 'going sick'.
Help!