quick advice needed, i was off on maternity leave and could not find childcare. the childcare i did find was not long enough (8-5pm) for me to do 100% of my hours @42 hrs and my boss would not let me work 90%. They said they would terminate if no solution was found or I resign, what are my entitlements?
HR are useless they are no help. Would I be able to claim anything or have job seeker allowance?
thanks in advance, anyone else had same experience where employer would not be flexible? this is a multinational company!!
If you don't have full time childcare in place, you won't get unemployment payments as you are not available for work. If you're eligible for social security payments (i.e. no or few assets and no spouse who pays maintenance), you can apply for these, but your residence permit may not be renewed.
In Switzerland thats not true, get terminated & then you have the possibility of unemployment pay if you have childcare arrangements in hand, assuming at least 12 months work in the last 24 months
If you resign there will be upto 4 1/2 months waiting before unemployment.
The reference should be the same & by law needs to be good!
A friend of mine is on part-time social security benefits - she parted ways with her employer on mutual grounds because her childcare hours (and preferred routine) did not fit what the employer wanted.
She gets paid a part-time unemployment benefit and she therefore only needs to find a part-time job that suits her childcare arrangements - and she was successful in doing that within a couple of months...
Good luck with your search...and deciding what you want to do from this point...
Personally, if your employer isn't flexible they are just trying to push you out because they can - negotiating part-time work is certainly an uphill battle when they know you have a small child at home, and my experience as a mum in that situation is that the child gets sick a lot too in those first two years, and if you don't have a supportive boss now, it won't get any easier to 'prove' you can keep up to their expectations...
So what do I need to do to be entitled? Resign or terminate? And how do I apply for benefits? I tried my best but with childcare hours not beingenough it means leaving for work super duper early and not seeing thehubbie as we wld be doing it in shifts just to make it home for nanny. Not fair on the kid.
Sadly this is the reality for most working parents out there. And yes often the child care costs as much as you earn. For some though, it is a long-term investment, as in many jobs being out of it for too long means that you will find it extremely hard to return years later. Many jobs cannot be done properly part-time, especially at managerial/senior level.
This is not really your employers problem, although a good and forward thinking employer will try and work with you to find solutions. And of course your partner/OH has also to take the new circumstances and take his part in adapting his hours, job etc.
As explained, if YOU resign benefits will not start until 3-4.5 months after last salary. But you would only get benefits if you were genuinely looking for work and prepared to work (with the relevant child-care in place). Most of us you could not/would not work full time after a baby had to leave without pay. You can't really expect to be paid unemployment benefit if you choose not to work after a baby, can you? Tough I know. Bonne chance.
In summary, if you resign, your unemployment will be starting a few months later. Otherwise, assuming that you have worked for at least 12 months, you will have coverage up to a certain percentage of your current income, up to a ceiling (higher if you have dependents aka, your baby).
It is NOT true that a termination is a bad reference. In all cases, the employer must provide a letter explaining why you have been terminated, and a certificate of employment relating what you have accomplished during your time of employment. YOu have a right to request a change of phrasing or of content if these documents are not fair.
You may also consider contacting the Prudhommes association, to see if there is a way to pressure your boss in accepting a 90% contract. Replacing a worker has a cost (quite high, actually) both in missed productivity, training, hiring, time; that is all stuff that should be explained to your supervisor (you can google statistics on that). You could imagine building a case for yourself, outlining how long you need a 90%...
I did my best to try and be back for work but also due to nanny being restrictive in hours it meant I wld have to be at work 0730-1630 to be home in time and get baby ready for bed bath etc after a long day at work. I just thought after paying a nanny etc the extra after is just not worth the deprived sleep and pressures of trying to be good at work and be a good mum. I know there are ppl out there who do it. I just couldn't face it esp with her still waking for night feeds. No point doing two jobs badly?!?! So tough decision buy there's no right decision had I been able to go back slightly less than full time I would go without a doubt back to work. Staying at home and being with baby all day is tough and emotionally exhausting but also rewarding too. I just want to make sure I am not losing out on any entitlements like child allowance etc. Respect to working mums out there.