Asked to return to work but child care issue.
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Just looking for abit of advice please. I was laid off from work on 23rd March when we went into lockdown. I was not put on furlough but put on what they call s.l.o.p (special lay off pay) £56 per day. I recived an email last week off company saying they hoped to be back up and running by the end of June. My partner has increased her hours at work to compensate my reduced income. Monday at 6pm my company called me to say they wanted me back on shop floor at 6.45am the following morning. This was impossible for me as I've been looking after my son while my partner is at work and I'd set up childcare for 29th June when I assumed I'd be returning to work. I explained this to my employer and they said there main priority is getting production running and it's not acceptable as I should of be available for work. This has left me worried about my employment so yesterday I called manager again and explained situation and that I've got childcare in place for 29th June. Again I got they need production to start and I should give them a call next week to be considered for work. I asked if I was now on layoff still or unemployed. The reply was I was asking him a question he didn't have an answer to. I've worked for them for 18months and I've put in alot of effort and overtime when other staff have refused. I am keen to get back to work and some normality but struggling with childcare until the end of the month. Any advice would be welcomed. Thanks
Take a couple of weeks annual leave to tide you over?
Failing that, get a relative/friend/neighbour etc to help you for a few days. With only 18 months employment you are on soft ground. Lots of people will be queuing up for jobs.
If you really can't find anyone to help you out, or afford more childcare then get the Mrs to call in sick.
Or perhaps you have a persistent cough coming on that will require 14 days isolation?!
Failing that, get a relative/friend/neighbour etc to help you for a few days. With only 18 months employment you are on soft ground. Lots of people will be queuing up for jobs.
If you really can't find anyone to help you out, or afford more childcare then get the Mrs to call in sick.
Or perhaps you have a persistent cough coming on that will require 14 days isolation?!
There was no terms to my layoff pay. I got sent home on 23rd March and no mention of pay structure. I had an email a week or so later saying that I was not on furlough and would get £56per day. I have tried to move my child care forward and due to the number of children they got and the reduction in spaces I can't get my lad in until 29th June. Also yes this company is very one sided in the way they treat staff. Very military and old fashioned morals. But I'm good at my job and never had any reason for them to have me in the office previously. I can't even ask for a week or so annual leave as we have set shutdown holidays. I really am worried about my employment but short of taking my son into the factory with me im stuck.
Good staff are hard to find and train.
Can your partner not take leave? or maybe flex her hours?
If there is absolutely no other option I'd try to have another word with your line manager and explain to him that it's out of your control. If they still refuse to budge I'm not sure what other options is left to you other than resigning.
Can your partner not take leave? or maybe flex her hours?
If there is absolutely no other option I'd try to have another word with your line manager and explain to him that it's out of your control. If they still refuse to budge I'm not sure what other options is left to you other than resigning.
Wow, they sound like a bunch of total d
heads! Not on furlough, so no 80% of salary, instead a cursory amount. That sounds very tactical, for whatever reasons.
I feel for you, my work are totally understanding and I have only been there since late October. I am home based anyway in fairness.
I don't think there is much you can do in the circumstances, as you make waves and get pushed out, particularly as you have been there under 2 years.
Good luck and I hope you manage to get it sorted out, it sounds like a very difficult set of circumstances to be faced with and I wish you all the best.
heads! Not on furlough, so no 80% of salary, instead a cursory amount. That sounds very tactical, for whatever reasons.I feel for you, my work are totally understanding and I have only been there since late October. I am home based anyway in fairness.
I don't think there is much you can do in the circumstances, as you make waves and get pushed out, particularly as you have been there under 2 years.
Good luck and I hope you manage to get it sorted out, it sounds like a very difficult set of circumstances to be faced with and I wish you all the best.
Wow, you work for a company that thinks it is acceptable to move you to below the minimum wage and call it "Slop". Not a great position to be in but with your limited tenure you may have to find a way to make it work. Assuming the company are not bringing back everyone with your job at once, can they split the shifts between a couple of you? This may provide the flexibility you need to get child care.
Thanks for the comments. There is only one day shift. I've managed get my lad a place in a nursery next Tuesday onwards. I've called manager today and informed them. All my manager said was he needs speak to .......(No names mentioned but a major family concrete products company in midlands) to discuss if I can be considered for next week. I've not heard anything back so not paid for my son's placement for next week. No doubt come Friday or later they will of made up there mind to request me in but child place won't be available then. I'm getting really frustrated and considering getting a doctors note for stress. I'm not the 1st person they have played cat and mouse with.
Do what you can to keep yourself available for work, but they sound like the kind of people to take a petulant "couldn't come when we demanded, so not going to ask you next time" attitude.
While I think you shouldn't have to tolerate this behaviour at all, I do I understand that suitable jobs don't just fall out the sky, and the current situation is certainly not going to help matters.
But don't forget this when other potential jobs hove into view.
While I think you shouldn't have to tolerate this behaviour at all, I do I understand that suitable jobs don't just fall out the sky, and the current situation is certainly not going to help matters.
But don't forget this when other potential jobs hove into view.
Lee Jones Jnr said:
h0b0 said:
Wow, you work for a company that thinks it is acceptable to move you to below the minimum wage and call it "Slop".
£56 for zero hours per day isn't less than minimum wage.h0b0 said:
Lee Jones Jnr said:
h0b0 said:
Wow, you work for a company that thinks it is acceptable to move you to below the minimum wage and call it "Slop".
£56 for zero hours per day isn't less than minimum wage.Gassing Station | Jobs & Employment Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff