Citizens Advice said the most common issue it dealt with in relation to maternity leave was being made redundant followed by a reduction in hours, including being moved to a zero-hours contract and having a role changed upon return to work.
It's just another way to say 2% reduction in hours worked.
A series of winter storms played a role in the reduction in hours, economists said.
Individual notices given to each employee at the time of separation or reduction in hours.
In January 1991, when the recession still had two months left, the reduction in hours was slightly more severe.
This reduction in hours is from the first day of classes to the last day of classes during that semester.
Despite being paid an ex-gratia payment of £20,000 he said the "humiliating" reduction in hours was the equivalent of being "on the subs' bench".
On a bulletin board inside his shop, Mr. Springer is promoting a petition drive to thwart a reduction in hours at the local post office.
But Senator Thomas R. Carper, Democrat of Delaware and a sponsor of a postal reform bill, said the closings and reduction in hours did not go far enough.
"Or do you follow the Cobra rules," which govern what happens when an employee loses health insurance because of a reduction in hours or losing the job?
He said he was not aware of any reduction in hours imposed by other stores in other parts of the country.
