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Redundancy: were we consulted? and various other problems
This is my first post so please be gentle with me! I work for a local authority and have done for 4 years on a permanent 28 hours a week contract. Just before Christmas we were all taken into a room and told that our LA were having to make significant savings, my Head of Service produced a new departmental structure that…
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Changed from f/t to p/t 2 years ago does this affect redundancy pay?
Hello all, My sister is being made redundant next month after working for her employers for 5 and a half years. She changed from full time to part time hours 2 years ago when her daughter was born and was told by a colleague today that the company should calculate her redundancy based on 3.5 years at f/t and then the…
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Notice Period in New Tax Year
Need help please! I am in the process of being made redundant. My notice period is being paid over 3 months of which 2 are in the new tax year. I am not going to work for the following 12 months so I will be under the taxable threshold i think??!! Can i claim the tax back? If so at what stage can i do this please?
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made to work notice and treated bad
Last sep got a hr1 form and put on 90 days notice. Was told i would be let go on dec 1st. i went trhough all the meetings and was told that i would be going along with 50 other men. At the same time the company gave notice that it was going to change all weekly paid contracts and gave 90 days notice , it said after that it…
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Incomes JSA and savings?
Hi My short term appointment at work was terminated recently as there was no work for me, so I signed on - I'll get income based JSA. I have approx £9k of savings, which will mean I'll lose some of my benefit (£12 a week?), which I have no problem with (ok, I do, but that's for any other time!) Here's the problem: I…
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Company closing but no date given, lease expiring though?
Hi last week Monday we were advised the company may close down but there was an inidvcation when however the lease on the building is up soon so i guess it may the same time i ask this, we are in consultation mode at the moment and im not going to apply for the new position elsewhere because its much too far and with much…
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unfair redundnacy notice?
Hi, The firm my freind works for are saying his job is being made redundant, he is a driver/labourer,packer. However, other people in his section have not had this notice, and deliveries have to be made every day. He thinks this is unfair...one other person has had a job created within packing becuase his machine no longer…
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help!!!
on wed 3 feb (my day off) i recived a call from my boss to say i was being made redundant as of then. On thursday (11th) i recived a letter telling me as of the 2nd he was ceasing trading and there was no job for me. I have been to the job centre and my first sign on day is the 22nd. i have all my forms for insurance…
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Redunacy
Right here it goes, I have been given my redunancy notice 3 weeks ago, I have been off work due to an absess since last thursday till yesterday, when my car broke down today going to work (sods law) now either way my boss still wants me to go in, (I have no problem with that) however the only chance i have getting there…
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Insolvent company - redundancy payments
Ok here goes, I have been made redundant along with the rest of the company by the bank placing the company into administration - mI have claimed payments from the government backed scheme - however I had a contract that ensured 6 months notice period the administrators are saying that this is not relevant and that i…
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Pushed out?
I am currently facing redundancy. I have been working as a security guard for 5 years at my current job. We have had a shift that has remained uncovered for 2 years now, it is usually covered by relief officers. Just recently another guard from a site that closed down was given the spare shift at my site, even though cuts…
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Help and Advice needed..just made redundant
HI all MSE's, today i found out that i am not coming back to work, i have been made redundant for the first time in my life, i had only3/4 hours notice. I have been in continuos employment at this place for 21 months, I havent recieved any notice and i dont even have a contract of employment! can anyone tell me where i…
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Taking redundancy whilst in trial period - Urgent meeting today!
I am currently going through the consultation period (have my 3rd consultation meeting today) and the job they offing me to apply for is a combination of my job and another’s. I have requested more pay if I were to take on the new role, have been told it would be a 2 stage salary increase, 1st after trial period, 2nd later…
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Think ive been set up
Hi All, My job role is up for redundancy due to a merger, 2 people (myself and my counterpart) going for the new job (same spec) from each company and the selection criteria is : Performance: Skills: Experience: The merger project has been on the go for 1.5 (we knew nothing) years and yet this year I received an under…
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Redundancy and JSA
I have been told that my job may be at risk and will be told in a couple of weeks.:( Been there for 15 years aswell My query is....... I will be getting approx £6500 redundancy and i also have redundancy insurance which will be paying £800 a month. Will i be entitled to JSA until i find another job (hopefully not too…
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Redundancy and Tax Credits/Income Support
I am a single parent currnetly working and getting tax credits. I am being made redundant at the end of March, and was wondering if I need to declare my redundancy payment (under 30K) to tax credits as earnings? Also, if I can't find another job and use my redundancy to pay my debts would I still be eligable for income…
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Employment Contract Cut Short
Hi there. I have been on a 6 month contract since 23rd Nov.09. Due to finish 22nd May 2010. Was just told yesterday my contract has been ended due to a downturn in business and I have been given a week's notice. What (if any) rights do I have? Thanks.
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Small Employer Needs Advice
Hi I own a very small business , I employ 3 staff . I also work in the shop myself . I have no experience of redundancy or employment law , and last week was the first time I have made anybody redundant in over 10 years of owning the shop . One of the staff is less experienced and skilled than the other staff , she is also…
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Contracting for your old employer?
Hi, I was made redundant last August and have recently been asked to go back to my old employer as a contractor to finish off some remaining tasks. I have signed up to an umberella company, and I work for them. The umbarella company charges my old employer, and works out all my tax and NI, and then pays my wage. Does…
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Negotiating Voluntary Redundancy
Hi, My company is at present mid way through a 90 day consultation period propogated as a result of the economic downturn. All staff have been given the option of applying for voluntary redundancy to mitigate the numbers of staff made compulsarily redundant. In my case, applying for voluntary redundancy this would result…