Redundancy might be cancelled. Stay or settle? Best economic value?

Is anyone good at logic and hypotheticals and able to help me decide what’s economically better for me long term, re. redundancy package or staying? I’ll explain. Last week I posted that I was at risk of redundancy. I’m a female employee with 2 years service. Fast forward and my lawyer thinks I can either push for an unfair dismissal claim (settlement) or reasonably get the redundancy cancelled as it was by kangaroo court. I have to decide what outcome I want.

Fly in ointment: We are thinking of having a baby within 18 months. I don’t adore my job, it’s a bit dead end and business is shaky… but if baby is on the cards I’d get enhanced maternity pay. So do I stick or twist? * The value of the enhanced mat pay is 12 weeks full, 6 weeks half, so for me, around £25k. * It’d also give me Shared Parental leave (husband takes some of my mat leave if he wants). For this you need to have been employed continuously by the same employer for at least 26 weeks by the end of the 15th week before the due date * If I take the settlement, it’ll allow me to full time job hunt. I may end up in a higher paid job or one that’s less dead end. But I might also not. Job market is tough in all sectors.

• Obviously I don’t know what the value of any settlement might be, yet.

• Is it better to stay, earn my money each month, silently look for a new job IF I want (and if I don’t get one, can always take the maternity IF that happens ?)

• Or do I push for maximum settlement and focus on pastures new, negotiate maternity IF I get a new job? What’s the missing piece of the puzzle to work this out logically? There are so many hypotheticals and probabilities and unknowns.

Clever people, help me see what I’m not?