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Redundancy whilst pregnant, with loans to repay (payment Protection)
Hi there, I was wondering whether anyone could help me. My partner has been made recently redundant and is 3 months pregnant. She was not given any maternaty money as the redundancy was announced before the pregnancy was discovered. The problem is, he has loans which need to be repaid, which may not be a problem as she has…
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Can he be made redundant if his job is changed?
My partners company has already made some redundancies and now he along with 6 others have been 'selected' to fight for their job. At the same time the company has decided within his department to change everybodies job description, I have a vague memory of someone saying in this situation he has to be given the chance to…
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Contract provider changed ... Redundancy?
Hi there, I have a friend who works for a public body ..... they currently employ this person as a chef. They have decided to award all catering provision to an outside contract. They have told the person that they are now to be employed by the new company. The person was hoping to be made redundant from her current…
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Positions applied for and discrimination laws
I am fed up of receiving responses from companies advising me that I am overqualified/overexperienced, is this not covered under discriminatory laws? Just to help people out before the questions come in, this hasn't just been one or two companies this has been a lot, my recent work history is 5 years with the same company,…
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salary sacrifice + redundancy
My wife is in the 30 day consulation period and has been given her entitlement figures. Her company has worked out her redundancy by using the Gross salary minus a salary sacrifice payment to bupa, Is this correct?? Thanks
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Made redundant whilst pregnant, getting SMP but entitled to nothing else?!
Hi there, I'm hoping that someone may have some idea of my rights here. I was made redundant on the 12th of August after over 42 weeks service with my company, at 28 weeks pregnant. I will be paid 6 weeks at 90% of my average pay and the remaining 33 weeks at the standard £123.06 SMP from my ex-employer. They are legally…
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Help I have no money?
I got made redundent in May, and have been trying to sort out my PPI since then, so I have paid my mortgage, car, loan and credit card for the past 3 months, and can't afford to this month, I have less than £200 in the bank and over £1000 of bills due to come off on the 1st of Sept. What I was wanting to know, is that when…
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Pay
I was on a one year contract with a company Aug 08 to Aug 09. Throughout that time, my pay was either wrong or paid a few days late. My contract ended and I've left the company and am now working else where. I'm due 3 months expenses, pay and a big bonus - was meant to be paid on the 25th, still no paid. Emailed them and…
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Proposed Redundancy
Hi. I was given proposed redundancy 2 weeks ago, then had a meeting last Friday to find out how I came to be given this. I had scored the lowest in points after line managers gave their scores for each employee then the production manager gave theirs then the average was taken. I scored ok, the end results saying that I…
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Need some info if poss re 90 day notice period
My DH was made redundant with 1 hours notice in December 2008, along with 120 others. He claimed JSA for 26 weeks and in now getting nada due to me working full-time. The ex workers are going through the legal system to get the 90 day notice money they are legally entitled to. The case was heard on Monday of this week,…
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Redundancy and how to cope? really need advice please
Hi, i work for a commitee run after school club, i am the manager and have very good knowledge of the finances of the club. we make no profit as we are a charity, we actually work at a loss. Looking at the figures at a recent meeting we will be lucky if we survive xmas, our numbers to make a profit is 47 children per week,…
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voluntary redundancy decision...help???
Hi all, By the 7th Sept my husband has to decide whether to put his name down for voluntary redundancy. I can see both sides of this and would appreciate other peoples views. The situation is this:- We own our home. We have no debts. We are a family of 3, 2x adults, 1x 4 year I have completed Martin's budget planner and…
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Pregnancy and Redundancy
I am pregnant and expect to be made redundant on 30/03/2010. Baby is due in February. I was going to take 39 weeks maternity leave and then look for another job. Using any redundancy payouts given in November 2010 to help me financially until I find another job. I now find myself in the position of having no income in…
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'Time Owing' and redundancy
When I was made redundant recently I had worked over 100 hours above my contracted hours as part of a company 'time owing in lieu' system. For example, if I worked four hours extra I took them back at a later stage by finishing early. When I was made redundant (complusory, not voluntary) the company has refused to…
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FREE unemployment training - for anyone who lives or has worked in South London
Dear moneysavers, My company Prosell Learning have been given funding from the Learning Skills Council (LSC) to run training courses for people who are unemployed. [SIZE=+0]This FREE training is now eligible for anyone who is unemployed AND [/SIZE]who lives or has worked in the whole of South London. (Boroughs of Bexley,…
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Government Redundancy Funding for East England
The government are helping people who have gone through redundancy with funding to get back into the job sector. They have allocated £1000 per person for training purposes. All courses are accredited and you will also have access to career guidance personell In order to qualify, you need to have worked in East England…
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Redundancy Compensation (Maximum)?
I know what the statutory minimum is, but how much is paid by "Fair" employers who accept the true loss to the employee? ie. If someone has worked 10 years, and done a good job, how many weeks/months money should they get per year of service? I realise that this is often given under a (secret) compromise agreement...just…
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Income protection query - plz help!!!!!
Hi, new to this so though I might get some good advice from people in the know. I lost my job a couple of months ago, and due to savings, am on the 6 month contribution JSA. I also have an Income Protection policy through Cardif Pinnacle's Help u cover, which has been accepted. I booked a holiday in February which I am due…
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Statutory Payment Increase Query
I read in the MSE Redundancy Help Guide that; A ‘week’s pay’ can legally be capped at £350, so even if you earn more, you aren’t entitled to it under the statutory payment. You may have heard the £350 weekly limit was increased to £380 in the Apr 09 Budget, yet it will not apply until 1 October 09. Anyone made redundant…
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Help - redundancy pay not paid and deadline passed!
I have to be a bit cryptic as my mate needs to be keeping to the letter of the compromise agreement he signed, even though it seems the company have already broken the agreement. Deadline given in compromise agreement has passed and money not paid. No proper reason given, they're "looking into it". They say it's "delayed"…
