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How do I help my colleague?
I desperately need help! My work colleage is going to be made redundant at the end of the month. Our People Department has informed her that she can appeal at a meeting scheduled for next Tuesday (19th) and she has asked me to go in with her. I am desperate to give her advice about what to say, so far I have this: 1) It is…
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Credit cards and redundancy
My Oh may be made redundant . I am not in employment due to ill health but I still have a credit card with 3k debt on. We can manage to pay the £75 minimum payments while he is working but if he gets made redundant what then? I have no insurance cover for it and am unable to balance transfer to a cheaper interest rate due…
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should last wage/redundancy be paid straight away?
my dads last day at work was 11th may. he worked a months notice. he was told in a letter that he did qualify for redundancy money. they normally pay wages on the last thursday of the month. can they make him wait until the end of this month to get his redundancy money and the week and a bit wages they owe? or should they…
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Redundancy Question....
I was made redundant from a position in July 2008, and someone has just been employed in my old position at the beginning of May 2009. I realise this is longer than 3 months, but I just wanted to check......
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Redundancy - job may still exist?
Hi , I have recently been found out I am being made redundant . I am a single employee in the head office, and someone from the main depot covers me on holidays/ days off . As the covering person is on an hourly rate (and costs less than employing me) - I have a strong feeling they will use him to work in Head office when…
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Last in first out rule?
Hi guys and gals, someone told me that employers can't go by the 'last in first out' rule anymore, is this true? cheers, jason [threadbanner]box[/threadbanner]
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Urgent help needed - redundancy question
Hi All, I would be really grateful for any advice right now. My mum has worked for a company for nearly 5 years and on Wednesday just gone, all the staff were told that a redundancy would be made and that they were on the At Risk list, later that day confirmed in writing. Today she went into work and was called into a…
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Still receiving wages 1 year after leaving job
I am still receiving wages from a large corporation I left more than a year ago. I have informed them twice previously through their customer services and nothing happened so I contact the CEO's team directly. I have stopped receiving wages from the corporation however they are not responding to my communication telling me…
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probably being made redundant
I think I may be made redundant soon. I am over 42 and thus seem to be entitled to 1.5 x weekly pay for every year worked (max 20 years). Anecdotaly I have been told that this is not capped to the £350 pw which I have seen on various official websites but is going to be my actual weekly wage. Can anyone tell me * if the…
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Redundancy & paying back season ticket loan
My boyfried has been made redundant and had a season ticket loan with the company. He only has 3 weeks left to run on his ticket, so the train company will not reimburse the amount remaining. But the company he is being made redundant from is still demanding full payment. So he basically has to pay £300 for a worthless…
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Protect my savings
As i'm the wage earner in our house, if i was made redundent which is looking quite possible at the moment could i protect what savings we have by putting them in my wifes or pearents name & still claim benifit saying 'I' do not have any money ? i'm not talking about under £10,000 which by to days standareds is not a lot.
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From redundancy to JSA to student
Hi there Apologies if this is the wrong forum but it didnt seem applicable to the student one. I was made redundant end of March and have been claiming Cont based JSA since beginning of April, it runs out beginning of October and I wont get IB JSA as my husband works full time. Have been looking for a job in the same…
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Anyone had to claim from Iprotect?
My PPI with Ant has gone up 90% so am lookin to switch. I was looking at iprotect. I have had a PPI policy for 2.5 years so I can have the 120 days wait waiverd. But I was wondering if anybody has experiance with trying to claim from them? If there any worse then the usual wriggling insurance companies? Thanks
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taking half redundancy ?
Hi My empoyer is asking for voluntary redundancies before compulsory. A fellow worker and I may be in a position to "job share", but the only way this is financially viable for either of us is if to compensate for the half pay cut, we both receive "half" of the offered redundancy ! In other words :- Is it viable for an…
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Pay off CC with redundancy?
Hello If I pay off the credit card with my redundancy it leaves me with approximately 6 weeks worth of wages. I have been applying for jobs but nothing back yet. Is it best to be debt free (no mortgage, just rent) sooner or able to pay the minimum for 3 months and then be claiming with debt still? Is it a no brainer and I…
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redundent- where to look now
hi all i have just been told im being made redundent, however i dont have the first clue where to clue to see if there are anything im entitled to to help the cost of rent, council tax etc. my girlfriend dosnt earn enough to pay for all the main bills, so im having to try plan so that we have a roof over our heads. any…
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HSBC fixed rate. Redundancy coming. Any experiences ?
Hi guys. Unfortunatelt Im to be made redundant imminently. Im 1 year into a 5 year fixed with HSBC. (Im fairly young and mortgage is around 50K) Contacted them in effort to be proactive and see what flexibility they may be able to offer in the immediate future (swittch to interest only?) - they chose to try pushing…
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Off sick and about to be made redundant
Help, I had an accident at work and have been off sick with my injuries for 8 weeks now, I have been suppling my company with sick notes and have been getting paid as usual normal flat rate, (accident has been logged in the Company Accident Book) they are taking liability for it. I have today been told the company have…
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2 1/2 day week, can I claim benefits?
Hubby has been put on a 2 1/2 day week effectively reducing his wages by 50%, can he claim any benefits?
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PILON vs Working Notice..
Hi, There's loads of information online ref PILON, tax/not taxed, what it means etc.... What I need to know is can you be forced to work your notice period (in my case a month), as surely, you need the time off to find another job. I am worried that I might have to work my notice which to me feels like I have resigned…
