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Request for a Suitable Alternative Vacancy — Redundancy During Pregnancy or Maternity Protection
[YOUR FULL NAME]
[YOUR ADDRESS]
[EMAIL] · [PHONE]
[EMPLOYER'S NAME]
For the attention of: [MANAGER / HR CONTACT]
[EMPLOYER'S ADDRESS]
[DATE]
Sent by: [EMAIL TO … AND RECORDED DELIVERY, REFERENCE …]
Dear [NAME],
Proposed redundancy of my role — my right to be offered a suitable available vacancy (regulation 10, Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999)
I am employed as [JOB TITLE] in [TEAM / SITE], employee number [NUMBER]. On [DATE] you told me that my role is at risk of redundancy / has been selected for redundancy.
I am in the protected period under regulation 10:
( ) I told you that I am pregnant on [DATE I TOLD THE EMPLOYER]. My expected week of childbirth begins on [EWC DATE].
( ) I am on statutory maternity leave, which started on [DATE] and is due to end on [DATE].
( ) My maternity leave ended on [DATE]. My child was born on [DATE OF BIRTH], which I told you on [DATE], so my protection lasts until [DATE = 18 MONTHS FROM THE BIRTH]. [OR: 18 MONTHS FROM THE FIRST DAY OF THE EXPECTED WEEK OF CHILDBIRTH: (DATE)]
Under regulation 10(2), where there is a suitable available vacancy I am entitled to be offered it before my employment under my current contract ends, with you, a successor or an associated employer, on a new contract starting immediately when my current contract ends. The work must be suitable for me and appropriate in the circumstances, and the capacity, place and other terms must not be substantially less favourable than my current terms (regulation 10(3)).
I ask you to:
send me, by [DATE], a list of all current and expected vacancies with you and any associated employer, with job title, location, hours, pay and start date;
offer me a suitable vacancy before my employment ends, without asking me to compete for it. I consider these roles suitable: [VACANCY TITLE AND REFERENCE — WHY IT FITS MY SKILLS, LOCATION AND HOURS];
confirm in writing that you will not end my employment by reason of redundancy without complying with regulation 10.
I remind you that a redundancy dismissal without complying with regulation 10 is treated as unfair under regulation 20(1)(b), and that no qualifying period applies.
Please reply in writing by [DATE].
Yours sincerely,
____________________
[YOUR FULL NAME]
For me
[ ] Date I told my employer about the pregnancy: [DATE]; date of birth told in writing on [DATE]
[ ] Protection ends: [DATE] (18 months from the EWC, or from the birth if I told them the date before my leave ended)
[ ] Any offer checked against my current pay, hours, place and status
[ ] If dismissed: Acas early conciliation, then tribunal within 6 months of my last day — [DATE]