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Contribution based JSA
Anyone know off the top of their head the affect of capital/savings on contribution based JSA? I have claimed it in the past and never been asked about savings - it's all been based on contributions, but a friend of mine who has recently been made redundant has been told by his Job Centre that he is not entitled to any…
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confused about several things
I have a couple of questions (well, more than a couple..) would anyone be able to help me? I expecting to be told tomorrow that either my job is at risk or I am required to accept a pay cut to keep my job. I know that management can ask us to do anything, but we don't necessarily have to agree. So... 1./ If I am offered…
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Fake Redundancy - Unfair Dismissal ???
Both my husband and I were made redundant and due to our job (live in) we also lost our home. I have now found out, my boss has employed loads of part timers, some working part time through the books and then making up full time hours with cash in hand, to replace us. He has also just offered someone I happen to know a…
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when to sign on
My husband is currently on gardening leave/pay in leu of notice,after being made redunent. He is not allowed to start another job in the notice period or he loses his redundancy money and has to be availabel to go in to work if they need him to cover holidays or sickness. His employment officially ends on the 10th April,…
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Management wants compulsory redundancies
I work at a university. In the summer they introduced voluntary redundancies, but didn't make the savings they hoped for and now want to introduce compulsory redundancies. This has to be approved by the university governors, who meet within the week to discuss it. There are 10 in my team and we have been told that one of…
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My Job is at risk - advice please.....
Hi I am just after some advice. The company I work for is in the position of making a number of people across different sites redundant. I received a letter today stating the headcount for my job role is being reduced by one. The current structure of my job consists of a senior manager for our site. A senior Sales…
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Do we need to know how many before criteria marking?
Hi all another query from me! We have been told up to 19 jobs are going from our company. Out of these we were initially told 2-3 from our team but now we have been told 3-4 will got from my department out of 5 of us who are at risk (4 BDM, 1 admin). They are talking of marking the criteria on Thursday but we still do not…
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New Driveway Law 1st Oct 2008
Hi, this is my first time on this forum! Wondering if anyone has been through the same thing as me and my husband re this new driveway law that came into effect on 1st Oct 2008. We had planned to do our driveway last year and called our local council. They said we did not need planning premission and we only need to notify…
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Garden Leave, Risk of Redundancy
I just had a phone call from my boss this morning, saying that i am on garden leave and i have a consultation on thursday as there may be a risk of me being made redundant. I am on there with four other people, but I dont understand how they could make me redundent as we have work, and are sub-contracting it out? so surly…
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Feeling Down - Redundancy confirmed
I know it's not the end of the world - i am healthy, have a beautiful and supportive family but now that I have had my redundancy confirmed I feel sad. It will be good to spend some time with the kiddies though......
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Redundancy Insurance
Can anyone thro some light on Redundancy Insurance? Does it exist now?
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Dilemma
OK here's my dilemma........... Basically I'm being made redundant when my current contract ends in July and I will be entitled to a redundancy payment for my 6 years service here. Obviously the ideal scenario would be that I would find a job soon therefore stay in employment and also get my redundancy payment. However, a…
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What Redundancy can be tax-free ?
My company is offering monthly incentive payments for us to stop until the end of our contract , approx 3 months. My boss has offered to pay me a smaller monthly sum than I could get , but will then add the balance to my redundancy pay ( as a type of company loyalty ) - and therefore tax free. That is good for me, and…
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Redundancy Cheque
HI I have just received my redundandcy cheque and I am appealing against it, I know I will gain nothing but after 20 years of loyal service but the way I have been treated is awful. Can I bank my cheque even though I am appealing - or would this mean that I have accepted the fact that I have been made redundant. Any help…
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Benefits of employment during notice period
Hi all Well husband has been made redundant :confused: I have a few questions please Husband has 1) Car allowance monthly instead of comapny car 2) Private health cover He is now on gardening leave until end of month then on 1 months notice When do the above benefits stop ? is it at the end of the notice period ? ie.. end…
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still nothing in writing!
O/H about to be tupe'd to new company after 38 years with current employer. He was verbally given the name of this new employer but nothing in writing. Checked Companies House, no listing for a company of this name. Although a consulting period has been given, all information he's had has been verbal. he's asked time and…
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Told Company in admin (it's not) no notice, no P45, no payslips, no money
Please help. (sorry this is a little long winded) On 2nd March my husband was told by his line manager that the company had gone into aministration and that he no longer had a job and to go home. He was told that he would receive the previous weeks wage as normal on the thursday (as you might guess this didn't happen), but…
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Quick question on redundancy
Say for example, you started work in 2000 (April) and I was 20 years old and you were made redundant in January 2009 (27 years old)- my DOB 18/06/81, technically how many weeks notice do they need to have given? I was under the impression it would be 8 years in my case but I have been told 6.5 weeks only, is this correct?
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can i refuse new role in company ?
I am half way through my 90 day consultation period . I have had my meeting regarding redundancy and told how much i am going to receive . All the redundant staff have been offered new roles in a different location , there are approx 100 jobs available . The hours are not the same as we are previously working and we will…
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voluntary redundancy
I have been offered voluntary redundancy at work. I can apply for new roles however, they would be a lot more stressful (longer hours etc and with 2 small children. not viable), so i would like to take it. I would recieve all my redundancy at once and it would be less than 10k. Would i be able to claim JSA or a tax…
