Maternity Related...

Hi :)

Not sure if this is the correct place to post, if not then sorry.

Basically I went on Maternity leave in Sept 2012 and I wrote to my employer telling him I was taking the whole 12months off and gave him a return date.

I went into work today to collect my SMP (which I have to do each week) only to be told that I have to make a decission in the next 6 weeks wether Im returning or not. I was also told that I have to be available to do all shifts (evening, weekend, daytime and split shifts) . When I was at work before maternity I was only employed to work Lunch times (as it fitted in with my children) . Now we have two children I can only work evenings and weekends as we cant afford the childcare...so basically I cant return to work. My thoughts are that they have temp replaced me and they dont want me back, so they are making things awkward.

To cut things short, since seeing them today, Ive decided Im not going back. So...seen as Ive already told them my return date, shall I leave it as that and just give my months notice in August? Im thinking of my hol pay I would have saved up over the year. If I give my notice now, like they want, I'll lose some holiday pay .

Advice please as Im stuck with what to do :(

Thanks Lauren