Hi guys.

Thanks for the support. I know they cant legally fire me for being UTD. I catully have the best manager in the world. HR are more the problem IYKWIM, there is no way I would ask them for any info on the topic. My immediate manager would be a better person to talk to.

Its just that I will only have been there 18 months when I go on mat leave, and the job has a really, really steep learning curve, it takes at least 6 months to get a basic idea of how stuff works. They are going to be mightily peeved. The one thing in my favour is that the project I am on will be well finished before I have to go on leave.