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I posted a few days ago to ask if I could legally stay at home to care for my newborn! You gave me some good advice and after sittting and thinking, i've decided to ask work if I can return on a jobshare/part time basis, perhaps 16-20 hours a week.

That way I still have money coming in, I still get plenty of time to raise my baby and i'm not forking out tons on childcare!

I have asked work how to go about it all, not sure how it works, or if they will agree, but it's worth a shot, if they say no, i have to go back for 13 weeks as I had a raise maternity allowance, but then I think i'll hand my notice in and find part time work.

I haven't approached the subject with my IP yet, I am waiting to hear the outcome, but I don't know how they will react, they were *very* keen for me to stay at work full time and tried to scare the bejeebus out of me by going on and on about how bad bankruptcy was if I couldn't meet my payments, but if my creditors don't accept lower payment due to lower income, what can I do? I am trying to give them an option of having something! They currently get 44p in the £, which I was told was good for someone with my debt, and measley wages!

Sorry for the long winded post, thought i'd share

Willow, nice to hear back from you and to see you sounding more positve.

As I have said before, Synergi have had bad press on this forum. Please dont be afraid to approach them with what youre trying to do, here. A professional IP would be willing to listen to his, her client and I dont think scaring the bejesus out of you is a particularly professional approach.

I understand your committment to pay back your creditors as much as possible and its commendable but I feel its wrong that you should be bullied/shamed into making their decision, when it should be yours. Its your life and your baby. Find out about bankruptcy, I know its a scary word but knowing the facts and figures at least put you in the picture and might help to put you on an even keel with your scay IP. After all He/ She will be earning from you.

Hi Willow

I haven't posted for a while, but FYI I am a Human Resources Director.

Your company should have a specific process to deal with your request for Flexible Working that should meet the minimum statutory requirements.
There are specific reasons as to why your company cannot accept your request for a flexible working pattern and these are as follows:
Burden of additional costs.
Detrimental effect on ability to meet customer demand.
Inability to reorganise work among existing staff.
Inability to recruit additional staff.
Detrimental impact on quality.
Detrimental impact on performance.
Insufficiency of work during the periods the employee proposes to work.
Planned structural changes.

When putting your request in it might be a good idea to demonstrate how none of the above apply or how you could get around any issues.

This link will also give you informaiton about what you have to do to request the change and what your employers have to do when considering your request and delivering their decision :
http://www.berr.gov.uk/employment/emplo ... 35662.html

I am always looking at the forum and keeping up with what is going on and so if you need any advice please just ask.
Hope you get things resolved
SMR

Hi willow,

Best of Luck will ne interested to learn of your IPs response.

all the best alan

www.debtdr.co.uk

Sounds like you may have come up with a happy compromise - but please be aware that in no way is bankruptcy a bad thing if it suits your individual circumstances. Bankruptcy is a right to sanctuary from creditors you may no longer be in a position to repay, and your little one is a far higher priority at the moment.

Hopefully you will find some form of compromise, but do let us know how you get on.