Forum : Pregnancy

hi hun i was always under the impression that you got paid , i no i did, go on, gov.co.uk you"ll find it all on there xxx

you are entitled to paid time off for appointments and antenatal care. you should be allowed to work the day as normal but leave for your appointment and return to work after (if your shift has not finished) your boss must pay you this time. you cannot be forced to take it as annual leave. x

That's what I thought. I will be contacting our HR department tomorrow. Thanks for the advice. One of the reason why she said she couldn't rota me on was due to the other staff complaining and giving me a hard time about it. Well as far as I can tell if that happens is discrimination.

Hi,

My boss tried the same trick and she can not do that, check out this government webiste for your rights, as what she does is breaking the law and constitutes bullying.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Moneyandworkentitlements/WorkAndFamilies/Pregnancyandmaternityrights/DG_10026556

If you have told them in advance that your not going to be available to work, they may have shifted your work pattern around for that week so that your still doing a shiuft just at a different time.

You do get time off for appointments and this should be paid, but if you have told them about it, they may have tried to shift the patterns around.

And it doesnt matter how long you have worked for them, but your employer may not realise this, or may have thought you were asking fro the day off...dont go filing complaints and lawsuits without talking to your boss first :)

oooh but hold on your name is "mommy"...are you in the USA??? If so, the law on maternity leave and pay may be different there!

no I live in the UK, I'm south African and we also use mommy there so decided that I would be called mommy