Jade Caine

28b Raine Road

Bristol
PC1 2MA

22 April 2018

B Sparks
1 Raine Road
Bristol
PC1 2MA

Dear B Sparks,

I am writing to seek your help in resolving a problem that I am experiencing at work. It is a problem that
is causing me some concern and that I have been unable to solve without bringing to your attention. I
hope in doing so we can deal with the issue quickly and amicably.

In December, some time before the office Christmas party, my boss said that she would have to review
my working arrangements in the new year. I currently work from home on Fridays as I find commuting
into town five days a week very tiring. Up to now, she has been very supportive of me, but her attitude
to me has changed since I told her I was pregnant. That was in late October or early November. Since
then, she has been criticizing my work in ways she never did before, making derogatory comments
about me to some of my colleagues and they have started saying that I don't pull my weight and am
never in the office. In fact, I have been in the office four days a week and on the day I work from home, I
get through more work than I do in the office. My boss has acknowledged this in the past. I was very
worried over the Christmas period and hoped things would get better in the new year.

However, on 2 January, the first day back at work, my boss said that I would have to work in the office
every day of the week until I went on maternity leave. When I asked why, she just said she needed staff
in the office. I said I would try, but I had been finding it hard before I was pregnant, and it was only likely
to get harder as my pregnancy advanced. She said if I couldn't work in the office, I should look at other
options. I asked what she meant, and she said I was free to go elsewhere.

I raised this matter informally, but haven't been satisfied with the outcome. I tried talking to my boss
but she refused to talk to me about this and said she had said all she had to say on the matter.
I was very upset about this as I have been in this job for over 10 years and have not had any problems in
the past. I enjoy my work and cannot understand why her attitude to me has changed. I was so worried
and upset that I have had to go to my GP and have been signed off sick for a month.

I would welcome the chance to talk this through with you at a convenient time and place. I would like to
be accompanied to the meeting by J Sinden.

Yours sincerely