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Employment protection/pregnant
Hi everyone, Looking for some advice. A few months ago I took out employment cover just in case!! I have just found out that they are closing my office down next year so I may be made redundant. I am entitiled to my employment cover if I sign on Job seekers allowance. This is where it gets complicated. I am currently 2…
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SMP and Voluntary Redundancy, HR Hopeless!!!
Ok, Here goes.... I have posted before about varies issues with voluntary redundancy but thought it easier to re cap and seek advice please..... Myself and my colleague are both pregnant and are having to take voluntary redundancy in February after the 90 days consultation due to the fact that we will not be guaranteed…
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Redundancy Insurance
I wanted to ask whether anyone has had experience with redundancy insurance, companies which provide such insurance, and any recommendations/ things to look for, or beware of when selecting one. Regards, Mahboob
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Made Redundant - What Do I Do Next?
All, advice would be appreciated. Being made redundant and last day is on 7th Jan. If I dont get a job by that date etc what do I do to sign on? Do I have to wait till that date has passed or do I start enquiring now? Who do I phone (and what number / department)? I genuinely haven't got a clue about this, I've worked…
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Tax treatment of Share Schemes after redundancy
Apologies if this breaks some forum ettiquette but I agonised over whether to post this in the 'Redundancy' forum or the 'Cutting Tax' forum. I didn't want to miss any eyeballs of people who might know about these things so although I decided on 'cutting tax' can I direct any redundancy experts who know about share schemes…
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Who pays a Protective award
At the end of april 2009 I was made redundant (with 30 other people). The firm which was a limited company ceased trading on the 27/04/09 and we were all informed that we had been made redundant immediately. later that week when we collected our last wage packet we were asked to fill in a redundancy claim form because our…
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redundancy advice for my brother
my brother works for a large retailer who if you watch their adverts make a great point of telling us how ethical they are . he is in charge of the HR dept at their distribution centre . last week they old him they were making him redundant because he couldn't cope with the job . when he started he was just doing a 9-6 day…
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Timimg of redundancy pay
If you are made redundant and receive either statutory redundancy pay, or a better version with larger ex-gratia payment, the first £30k should be tax free. Assuming the payment meets the criteria ( I know there are hoops to jump through and it cannot include holiday pay, PILON etc.), does it matter when it is paid? If you…
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JSA claim - savings over £5500
Hi. I took redundancy in the summer and am now trying to claim dole. My savings exceed the £5500 maximum allowed by HM Government by about £3000. It looks as though I have to whittle this down to below the government set limit before they will pay me JSA I had been in continuous employment for well over 30 years before my…
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Gutted! :(
I was made redundant on 14 oct. I made my claim to RPO and today received a response, they said because I hadnt had 2 yrs service I wouldnt qualify for redundancy pay. I started my job on the 22nd Oct 2007. With my weeks notice which I claim for separatly this will bring me to the 21 Oct 2009. 1 DAY!!! I miss by 1 DAY!!…
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Facing redundancy what am i entitled to ?
43 years old and facing redundancy early to mid 2010 Will walk out with appx 10k redundancy, i have appx 45k in savings offsetting our nortgage and the wife works full time earning around 20k per anum. We have a 17 year old daughter in full time education. I am a complete novice to the benefits system so i have not got a…
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Voluntary Redundancy
My current employer has taken a decision to offer voluntary redundancy across the board. I am currently still within my 6 month probation period and was not considering applying as I was unaware I'd receive any compensation and have become settled (as well as I can be) at the moment. However, during a meeting with my…
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Redundany & Final Salary
Hi everyone, I am new on here and looking for some advice. I have recently found out I am being made redundant from my job of 2 years. My "finish" date is 31st December. The company have been very nasty to me since telling me and I have had no support whatsoever, I have been asking for a reference for the past 3 weeks and…
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Redundancy and out sourcing
I have recently been made redundant and after 2 weeks of me leaving i have heard, as i still have internal friends, that the company is looking at out-sourcing my job. So presumably they have now realsied that they need my department as I was a one man band at the time, in marketing, and now they have approached one of my…
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RP1 claim (PILON) and JSA?
Hi I have been made redundant and I'm entitled to claim notice period, but as the company went into adminstration, I will need to claim this using the RP1 form. The question is, do I make a claim for JSA now, or do I wait until my claim for 3 months notice has ended? I don't see the point in claiming JSA if it gets…
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Redundancy on the cards for July 2010.
I am more than likely to be made redundant July next year, i have been working for the same company for the last 12 yrs so will get a good package. However, once out of work what am i entitled to claim apart from JSA?
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Refused redundancy under Transfer of Undertakings act
Hi all, I have a situation where my previous employer went into administration and am now going through the process of claiming redundancy, holiday entitlement and owed salary. The MD and several employees from the old company immediately set up a new company and employed me and several others. The problem is the…
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Holiday entitlement
Hi I am taking voluntary redundancy, My last working day as it stands will be 4th Feb. Our holidays are calculated April to April and work out roughly as 2.5 days per month worked. Although I will finish 4 Feb I will get a month in Lieu but am lead to believe that I will not have to work that month so my question is should…
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Reddundancy rights
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Redundant end of 02-2010, can I have redundancy money after 05-04-2010?
My company made my last position redundant at the end of November. I managed to find another position before that date. I am now on a 3 month trial period at my new position. Unfortunately, for various reasons I have decided not to continue with it and will leave at the end of the 3 month trial period, which is just before…
