My girlfriend (who is 8 weeks pregnant) rung work (she used to be a kitchen porter, but now has been moved to waitressing due to the expected birth due to heavy lifting etc...) to tell them that she wouldn't be coming in yesterday due to the snow.
No buses are running and work is around just under 5 miles away. I told her i don't want her going in due to her health (falling over etc...) as she would be forced to work. They basically had to lump it.
She could fall over when not pregnant as well as pregnant, I don't see what the issue is really. Should we all stay at home when it's a bit icy?
Today she has done the same and they got really arsey with it all saying that she needs to do her best to come in. If there is no public transport, she can't in simple terms as she is not walking encase she slips and falls.
Taxi (as mentioned before) would be a viable alternative.
She has just informed me that they are using these days off as holiday. Surely that isn't allowed?
Yup, that's quite allowed.
They (in the past) have also had her work shifts until midnight, and expected her to be in the next day at 8am (Surely, it's 11 hours between shifts?)
Yup, it's 11 hours minimum between shifts, that's not on. If she was working until midnight, the earliest she should be expected to start is 11am.
They also give her the rota on a Friday for the week giving no prior notice whatsoever.
That's their choice.
They also dictate as to when she can have holiday and doesn't let her book the days off herself making it so that we have the plan our free time around her work and not the other way around. She won't find out that she has Saturday off (for instance) until Friday. - Surely this is wrong?
Yup, your employer can reasonably dictate when you take your holiday and how much you can take at one time.
There are other things they have done as to which i will update when i remember.
What can be done about this as it's making me really annoyed as to the way she has been treated with regards to all of this.
She can quit and find something else, of course. But that isn't really helpful...and complaining about anything won't make the job a barrel of laughs either. It's unfortunate, but that's life. And, alas, being 8 weeks pregnant won't help with finding another job.
It's just a couple of days' holiday, it's not really worth getting too wound up about it. Just make sure she's clear on employment law if she's going to be carrying on doing shift-work and make sure she gets her 11 hours of rest. Maybe it's just ignorance rather than malice...who knows...
