Just a wee moan

I had a boss (well team mananger) that was great with me when I told them I was pregnant and then later on when I got sick and had to cut my hours and have my feet up on a chair because of the swelling. There was another TM that was on the same level as me (yes he was a guy) who didn't understand why I had to have my feet up and get up off the phone every hour to take a walk (I worked in a call centre) and more or less tore me to pieces in front of the rest of the staff. After I had calmed down and he had been told of I did my nut at him telling him that he had no right to tell me what I can and can't do as I am not in his team. Told him that if I wanted to I was well in my right to go to the DOL about him and he would be up the creek without a paddle so to say as I had the medical certs and everything. Scared the $hit out of him and he has since (I left to place after having Andrew) not said anything like that to a pregnant woman there. The big boss up there tried to tell me that when I was cutting my hours from 8 hours a day down to 6 that I should go down to 4 hours (more or less trying to do things her way) and got her PA to do the dirty work for her and try and tell me this. I told her PA (who I got on with quite well) that no she could not make me go down to 4 6 was enough and if she wanted to push the situation then I would be talking to the DOL. Lets just say the PA told me that I was well in my rights to do that and that she would be telling the boss that 6 hours was the way to go.

In my situation mentioning the DOL really worked (but it was a big company I worked for). Def talk with them and if it continues take action (you do need to stand up for yourself), he can't do what he is doing or even say those things to you. And remember if you resign then you lose out on PPL, and to get PPL you need to have the intention of going back even if you know you won't be have the intention and it can't be declined.