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4 day week or unpaid leave????
My partner has been asked to choose one of the following, and given while tomorrow to decide company need to reduce costs to keep people in jobs* do nothing carry on working 5 days a week, Chance of one of them been finished * work four days a week, loosing a days wages, regular patern to adapt to * take unpaid time off,…
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Tax Credit and redundancy
No Unapproved or Personal links in signatures please - FT3
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Credits only jsa
Hi, if you get credits only jsa (income based) are you still entitled to the mortgage relief? Thank you
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Notification of redundancy letter
My OH has been told verbally on the 10th of this month that he is definitely being made redundant and his last day will be the 24th and he has 5 1/2 weeks money to come. Shouldn't he have been given a notification of redundancy letter setting out what monies he is entitled to?
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Redundancy Matrix
Hi, my partner may be made redundant, they begin the consultation process on Monday. Could someone send me a link or a copy to a redundancy matrix please? Also, we currently get a tiny amount of tax credits - due to his salary. I work 24 hours per week. If I only work this much, will we be entitled to more Tax Credits if…
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Redundancy dilemma - help!
What would you do? Been offered redundancy package equivalent to approx 9-10 months of take home pay (could pay a tidy sum off the mortgage) or.... Have been offered a choice of roles within the business but am very unsure about whether I will enjoy the offered roles and suspect it could lead to career regression. Do I…
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Out Of A Job - tax back?!
I've just been dismissed from my job. They've agreed to pay me my notice & holiday etc. The tax man has taken a much larger bite out of my paycheck, n I don't see the point of gettin' that money back through claiming benefits.. Anyone know if I can get the tax back? £650+ would be good right now. And, since it was a…
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Notice period / statutory redundancy pay
Hi, I have been informed that my company are to net off my contractural notice pay against the statutory minimum redundancy that I am entitled to. My understanding is that any Notice pay (PILON) is paid net of tax over and above the statutory redundancy pay. Can they do this? Has anyone come across this before?
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New role after redundancy
Im after a bit of advice if anyone can help. At the start of 2007 - me and 3 of my colleagues had our jobs put up for redundancy. Our main task in the roles were being moved offshore. We were offered other positions in the company - I took one, one of my colleagues took one in another department and the other two took…
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More redundancy questions and tax paid (incorrectly??)...
I'm another one that's being made redundant and have a few questions about the money I'm getting and the huge amount of tax I'm having to pay on my very small package after 8 years and 11 months.... Redundancy payment (8 weeks @ £129.78) 1,038.24 Pay in lieu of notice (8 weeks ") 1,038.24 Holiday pay 188.18 Loyalty payment…
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Redundant help please
Hi Everyone OH has just been made redundant, his redundancy package is made up of 6 months pay in lieu which we know will be taxed and national ins etc and just under £6000 redundancy My question is can he claim any benefits immediately? I work part time 13 hours per week. Will we recieve any help towards the cost of our…
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is this right
I have heard that if your employer has reduced your hours to "a short working week" that after a certain amount of time they have to give you redundancy. If this is true how long do you have to be working these reduced hours??????????
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is this allowed
within the last few weeks my employer has told us we are all being made redundant but would be carrying on our employment by signing a new contract but he wasnt sure yet of pay details. Then a few days later he told us there was no redudancies and we had to sign new contracts but our service wouldnt be carried over. The…
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Incorrect Taxation of Redundancy Damages
Can someone help with this please? I was made redundant whilst on maternity leave and my employer breached my contract by failing to give me contractual notice. On the wage slip I received they have paid me a sum stated as "PILON". Out of this they have deducted nearly £2K in income tax. As I understand it damages are…
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Redundancy and SMP
Hi everyone I am currently on SMP (after being made redundant) - do I sign on as unemployed at the Job Centre now or do I wait until the SMP has finished? Is there anything else I need to do when made redundant as I have had no advice at all from my ex employer and dont even know what the position is regarding my pension…
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Redundancy
After never being out of work, i now find myself facing redundancy. My company are relocating (60 miles away) and find redundancy the only option I don't know where to start....I have been informed at my final meeting that I will receive my notice in lieu as they do not wish me to work my notice, which is 11 weeks.(i am on…
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Wife losing her job - any advice please
My wife is losing her job after 34 years service at the end of March She is receiving a healthy redundancy package of close to £50,000 but she has worked for her firm for 34 years Can anyone advise how we can approach it best to make use of benefits which may be available to use like Child Tax Credit (2 kids ages 15 and…
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Redundancy and company car
I am being made redundant on Feb 20th. The company are paying me 8 weeks notice + untaken holiday. Part of my salary is the use of a company car for which I am heavily taxed. Even though I'm being made redundant on Friday, can I still claim use of the company car for the 8 weeks notice period?
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Who would be willing to work for benefits?
Interested in hearing, if made redundant, would you be willing to work for your benefits? I have never really agreed with benefits (in general terms), and if I happened to be in receipt I would definitely do 'voluntary' work to keep up my skills. Just wondered if anyone else felt the same, there is a clear lack of people…
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Looking for a new challenge? Could you be a Tribal Wife?
We've been asked to post this by the production company making the Tribal Wives documentary for the BBC. We wouldn't normally post this kind of request, but thought someone who is looking for a new challenge after a redundancy or loss of work could be interested. After the success of the first series, Diverse Bristol is…
