Can I ask for redundancy if workload has decreased?

John_Chip
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I work for a small company and my workload has greatly decreased in the last 2 years.

I’m literally doing next to nothing some days - which is not healthy or good.

Having been there for 10 years and prospects not looking great I would like to move on.

However My boss seems to have his head in the sand and seems content to pay me to do very little. Chances are I reckon the place will go under in a few years - I would rather get out now.

If my role has dwindled so much can I suggest / force my redundancy?

I would like to get something for my 10 years rather than just leave.
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  • Robin9
    Robin9 Posts: 12,090 Forumite
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    You can ask - they can say no
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  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 17,618 Forumite
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    You can't expect to get a gratuity in the form of redundancy pay just because you have been there 10 years.

    If there is still a job for you then you can't be made redundant. If you want to leave then look for another job and resign when you have another job to go to.
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  • John_Chip
    John_Chip Posts: 38 Forumite
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    Well if my job role and workload has vanished - then I don’t have the job I have been doing for 10 years. My boss is content to pay me to do nothing however - ‘until things pick up’ - maybe never.
  • sangie595
    sangie595 Posts: 6,092 Forumite
    John_Chip wrote: »
    Well if my job role and workload has vanished - then I don’t have the job I have been doing for 10 years. My boss is content to pay me to do nothing however - ‘until things pick up’ - maybe never.
    That's his choice, not yours. You want to leave, then do. You don't get redundancy for wanting to leave. You can suggest it, but he's entitled to say no.
  • Robin9
    Robin9 Posts: 12,090 Forumite
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    Seek out a new job while you are in control - rather than having to find one at short notice when the company folds.
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  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 17,618 Forumite
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    John_Chip wrote: »
    Well if my job role and workload has vanished - then I don’t have the job I have been doing for 10 years. My boss is content to pay me to do nothing however - ‘until things pick up’ - maybe never.

    If your job has "vanished" it is up to your employer whether or not your job is redundant and if he can find a suitable alternative, or is content to keep on paying you, you will not be made redundant. He may not want to lose you.
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  • TELLIT01
    TELLIT01 Posts: 16,453 Forumite
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    You certainly cannot force your employer to make you redundant simply because you don't think you have enough work to do. If the owner is happy to continue to pay you, the only way out is to resign.
  • John_Chip
    John_Chip Posts: 38 Forumite
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    I am employed to do a job - the role has basically vanished. A worker is made redundant when his or her role no longer exists. I would stay if I still had the work I am employed to do was still there. By not addressing this fact my boss is basically ‘moth balling me’ or - hoping I will leave (out of sheer boredom) instead of having to pay the redundancy pay that 10+ years of employment would necessitate.
  • nicechap
    nicechap Posts: 2,852 Forumite
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    John_Chip wrote: »
    I am employed to do a job - the role has basically vanished. A worker is made redundant when his or her role no longer exists. I would stay if I still had the work I am employed to do was still there. By not addressing this fact my boss is basically ‘moth balling me’ or - hoping I will leave (out of sheer boredom) instead of having to pay the redundancy pay that 10+ years of employment would necessitate.


    It doesn't make economic sense to keep someone on if there is no work. Have you made a business case to your boss that it'd be cheaper to pay you redundancy (statutory between 10 and 15 weeks pay on your info - or voluntary, whatever your company is willing to pay, not necessarily what they've paid to others in the past).

    Whilst 15 weeks pay is not to be sniffed at, weigh that against the certainty of a new job, challenges, pay & pension.
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  • sangie595
    sangie595 Posts: 6,092 Forumite
    John_Chip wrote: »
    I am employed to do a job - the role has basically vanished. A worker is made redundant when his or her role no longer exists. I would stay if I still had the work I am employed to do was still there. By not addressing this fact my boss is basically ‘moth balling me’ or - hoping I will leave (out of sheer boredom) instead of having to pay the redundancy pay that 10+ years of employment would necessitate.
    No. A worker is redundant when their employer says that they don't need the role any longer. Not when you decide they don't.
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