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Flexible working / pay cut
We had a meeting yesterday saying we are not making enough money blah blah blah. Anyway, they said that only part of our company (The buildings section) will be asked to be flexible and take a pay cut. The structures side in our office need to reduce costs by 10% per month and the other side of the office need to reduce…
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Self Employment impact on benefits?
Hi, I was made redundant a few weeks ago. I got PILON and statutory minimum for 2 years service. I have no savings. I haven't been to the job centre yet to sign on as I thought I'd get a job pretty quickly (IT Project Manager), but I haven't even managed an interview yet and desperation is starting to set in. My long term…
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Cease to Trade..
Hi... Been snooping about on and off for a while and thought today was as good as any for that 1st post.... Been told today I'll receive all of Mays weekly wages guaranteed but after the end of may the LTD company I work for is ceasing to trade. Also told there is not enough money in the pot for redundancy... Just shy of 3…
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Unusual Redundancy Planning Scenario
My position is about to be made redundant after 9 years service with same firm. I have agreed with my employer (verbally) that termination date under contract is 30th June 2009 as this is the end of the month and also end of holiday year and will therefore make all calculations easier for both sides re. untaken holiday…
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Reduced working hours - can you claim benefits for this?
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Natural or unfair treatment?
Is it natural to feel so sad at losing a job or have I been unfairly treated? I am currently going through the redundancy process and in the consultaion period. May 4th I was asked into the HR office and was told that my job was at risk of redundancy I was also told that as from today I would be on special leave(as…
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Bay Trading
Hi All, I don't know if anyone on here can help but i'm after some advice. My better half works for bay trading who were until yesterday in administration, they have been bought by the rinku group. They have now started shutting down shops all over the country and it looks like my better halfs shop is going to be shut…
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Redundant but asked to go back to work
My dad was made redundant on the 30th April and was paid redundancy including 12 weeks notice pay. His company have now been in touch and asked him to come into work for 2 days on the 27th and 28th of May to help carry out an order. (The reason that they have asked him, is that he is the only person within his old company…
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Voluntary Redundancy or Pay Cut
Do i accept an offer of Voluntary Redundancy at £17000 or stay within the same company in a new role but with a salary cut of £7000 per year. My partner works full time and we have a mortgage of less than £50000. Ive got until next the end of the month to make a decision, any advice would be greatly appreciated, as I cant…
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Support for Mortgage Interest question
Can anyone tell me why you can claim Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) if you get income-based JSA but not if you claim contributions-based JSA? Both JSA's pay the same (£60something a week) but contributions-based JSA is for people who have worked continuously for the last two years. It doesn't seem to make any sense or…
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Seconded - now made redundant
Hi, for the past 18 months I have been seconded to a different department (no new contract signed but the company has employed someone permanent in my original job so I can't go back there). There were 2 of us who were seconded and 1 post had to be made redundant. Normally the company has always put secondees back into…
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Resignation accepted days before redundancies announced.
My wife was on additional maternity leave when we decided we'd be better off if she didn't go back to work. So she handed in her letter stating such and later received a reply from the company giving her a termination date, this was a Monday. The following Wednesday we learnt that the company was closing the site and…
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Resigned
I had a dispute with my employer & resigned from my p/t job about 6 weeks ago. I thought I would be able to get something reasonably quickly but nothing has happened so I think I'll have to "sign on" I've never done this before, don't even know what it's officially called! (I'm 55, single parent worked all my life, but…
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Offer suitable altrenative employment?
I have just entered my consultation period having been identified at being at risk of redundancy. I keep reading the term "your employer has a duty to offer you suitable alternative employment" What does the term "offer" actually mean? If an alternative exists can they "offer" it without the need for interview? If there…
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Help - Potential unfair dismissal/Redundancy
In desperate need of advice and not sure where to turn.... Over the past 2 years a senior member of staff has shown that is more interested in me than a work colleague...I have ignored is advances as he is senior and also married. I am not an innocent party, I have flirted to some extent but this was only for a brief…
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voluntary redundancy
what do you know about voluntary redundancy payments being drip feed over a year after being made redundant
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Redundancy/waiver agreement/exgratia payment - implications/confusion
Hi folks Hoping some kind souls may be able to shed some/any advice regarding recent sudden redundancy as a result of employer losing main client. While on the surface a potential payoff on table is relatively attractive I am basically nervous at way whole thing is being handled by employers who have a history of - let's…
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redundancy tax
Hi All I am considering taking my Redundancy payment this month.I got until Feb to work, though the Government are planning to change my terms. If my redundancy payment take me just into the higher tax bracket. Does this mean that if I get another job in this tax year I'll be paying 40% on future earnings? Also does my…
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I think I'm getting the axe
My company has recently informed us about their plans to offshore a number of support roles - not a big surprise as they've done this in the past. However in this instance I feel we are being treated unfairly, let me explain in a bit more detail ... Up until 5 months ago we supplied IT Services to a number of clients…
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Redundancy / Laid Off?
Hello and apologies beforehand as this post is a bit long. I am asking this question on behalf of my husband. He was laid off about 8-9 weeks ago now. He received a letter from his employer in September 08 saying "due to the current economy and not your work performance we will be laying you off in 2 weeks". Now that…
