nds
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hi!
i've been thinking about my job lately, i do enjoy what i do but not so much the place any more. i also am unsure if i want to work full or part time due to childcare.
my question is basically when can i resign?
i heard somewhere about having to pay your full maternity pay back if you resign on mat leave but have also heard of people 'never going back' with no mention of this?
it is only a small business, owned by one gentleman, with about 12 of us there. so not a big chain and i don't expect i could be quite as easily replaced (if necessary) as say someone who worked restocking shelves in a supermarket or say in retail eg like topshop.
i have worked there for four and a half years. in october 2013 i went on maternity leave, returning in march 2014, so four months later (i gave birth but sadly she passed away so i wasn't going to take my entitled 9 months). in august 2014, five months later, i went on my current maternity leave. it is planned for me to return in may 2015, but i am not sure i want to.
i think my notice has to be four weeks (or a month?). if this is the case;
- when would i hand it in?
- would i have to pay any or all of my mat pay back?
another girl who is currently on may leave has been allowed to drop to part time when she returns in january. i would request too but, my boss never gives a straight, quick or definite answer until absolutely necessary (if important enough anyway).
also, a lot will have changed staff wise by may, we have just taken another trainee on, this other lady will be back part time, one lady will be leaving july and another on maternity leave, so i really think he will have no idea how it will work or what's going to happen staff wise which whilst debating leaving, really is no good for me as i need to sort childcare.
anybody any ideas, would be so so helpful or could point me in the right direction (pref without having to spend £20 on a phone call!)
thanks so much in advance
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i've been thinking about my job lately, i do enjoy what i do but not so much the place any more. i also am unsure if i want to work full or part time due to childcare.
my question is basically when can i resign?
i heard somewhere about having to pay your full maternity pay back if you resign on mat leave but have also heard of people 'never going back' with no mention of this?
it is only a small business, owned by one gentleman, with about 12 of us there. so not a big chain and i don't expect i could be quite as easily replaced (if necessary) as say someone who worked restocking shelves in a supermarket or say in retail eg like topshop.
i have worked there for four and a half years. in october 2013 i went on maternity leave, returning in march 2014, so four months later (i gave birth but sadly she passed away so i wasn't going to take my entitled 9 months). in august 2014, five months later, i went on my current maternity leave. it is planned for me to return in may 2015, but i am not sure i want to.
i think my notice has to be four weeks (or a month?). if this is the case;
- when would i hand it in?
- would i have to pay any or all of my mat pay back?
another girl who is currently on may leave has been allowed to drop to part time when she returns in january. i would request too but, my boss never gives a straight, quick or definite answer until absolutely necessary (if important enough anyway).
also, a lot will have changed staff wise by may, we have just taken another trainee on, this other lady will be back part time, one lady will be leaving july and another on maternity leave, so i really think he will have no idea how it will work or what's going to happen staff wise which whilst debating leaving, really is no good for me as i need to sort childcare.
anybody any ideas, would be so so helpful or could point me in the right direction (pref without having to spend £20 on a phone call!)
thanks so much in advance
x