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Valid "Notice" of Redundancy? Opinions required please
Employer has announced business is soon to relocate and that anyone not willing to relocate with it will be made redundant. This announcement has never been backed up in writing as yet - can it still be relied upon as emplyer having given "proper notice" to the affected employees? Would appreciate your views on this.
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redundancy and mortgage protection payment claims
Hi I've just been made redundant after working with the company for 20 months. I took out MPPI for unemployment only which began on 1 September 2008. However, having looked at the policy the conditions say they will not pay out if redundancies were made were made within 120 days of the commencement date. Just my luck a…
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voluntary redundancy and benefits
Hello 4 questions 1 - I am considering voluntary redundancy - does the word voluntary matter from a benefits perspective? (note its 3 wks for every yr worked, hence will they say for 15 wks I am still being paid?) 2 - redundancy pay as savings.....i will receive 17k, which I think prohibits benefits (16k savings max?) BUT…
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redundancy pay
the company my husband works for has been taken over on a tupe arrangement as from the lst of may, he has been selected for redundancy due to economic reasons, and unlike the others who were made redundant on the lst of may they are keeping him on until the lst of august (due to the fact they need his help!) he has…
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Redundancy...
Hi Peeps. Just a couple of quickies. 1. If i am made redundant, can the company reclaim any holidays i have taken in advance. We were given notice by out largest customer over six months ago that they would no longer be developing the product we produce for them. However they couldn't give us an actual date as it's a…
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How do you know what's fair?
My brother has been told that he is 1 of 7 men to be made redundant. His place of work used a points system on how many jobs the workforce knew to choose who to go. My brother along with the other 6 staff are long term service staff, he has worked there for 33 years, 3 of them clock up over 100 years service. The factory…
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Husband made redundant - where to start?
Hi Not sure if this or the benefits board is the right place to post but hope someone can help. We are a family of 5 (3 children under 6) in our own home. I've not worked since having our first child in 2003. 2 weeks ago my husband was given a redundancy warning and a week later the redundancy confirmed. He was asked to…
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Redundancy
Im due to be made redundant in a couple of weeks im getting a months wages of notice plus a months redundancy pay ive been there 4 yrs i thought it should be 1.5 weeks pay to every year you work for the company and im 45yrs any ideas and should i challenge my boss about this ? :rolleyes:
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can they discriminate between sites?
my company has many sites round the uk. at the site we work at they are offering redundancy packages for the part time staff based on their part time wage irrespective of how long they have been working part time. (ie if someone has worked 15 years full time but 5 part time.) and on another site they are working it out…
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When do I claim JSA?
Just to make sure I adhere to all the rules about this I want to know when I should lodge a claim for JSA. I have been given 6 months pay after redundancy and thereafter I have unemployment insurance which is dependant on me seeking work (as is JSA). I will obvioulsy not get (nor expect) any JSA in that 6 months but do I…
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After Redundancy, take any job or wait?
Hi Just wondered what people do? Do you take any job? min wage but as many hours as you can get or work for a job in your field to come up? There still seems to be lots of part time min wage jobs and even some full time min wage jobs around although these may be classed by some people as meanial.
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Redundancy legal expenses through House Contents Insurance
Has anyone tried but failed to claim legal expenses through their House Contents Insurance policy to fund legal action against their employer as a result of being made redundant or for any other greivance? I am particularly interested in those with policies with Abbey, Admiral, Asda or Masterquote.co.uk?
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Redundancy, savings and benefits entitlements
Hi, I have just been made redundant and wondered if anyone knows whether personal savings over 15,000 will affect any potential benefits i.e, job seekers allowance etc. I plan to sign on on monday. Grateful for advice
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Is this correct re redundancy?
Hi, my dad is one of roughly 50 people who all do the same job, all have the same headquarters but work mobile on 2 different cities. The 2 groups each have a manager. My dad got a letter re redundancy and had a short meeting. He has now found out that the redundancy threat is only for my dads group so half of the 50…
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When should I receive redundancy payment?
Hello, I was wondering when I should receive my redundancy payments and paperwork? The notice period ended on Tuesday (or last Saturday - it's tricky) and I emailed my employer on Wednesday to ask the same question but as yet have not had any response email or post. I presumed that I would receive it at end of notice…
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Temp Work Coming To An End... Nothing Lined Up.
Hi There, Basically I have been working since I left school (25 now) and never claimed any benefits of any kind so have no idea about the whole system. The biggest thing to worry me right now is that my current Job is a temp role, it as ment to me 3 months but has been extended to etc and I have now been there 11 months.…
