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Garden leave
i'm being made redundant and the official company line is that people have to work their notice. Is there anything I can do to change this? By being made redundant I am having to move back to parents which means by daily commute to work is much longer (getting up at 5 and home at 9.30 each day) and with no work to do in my…
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Is there a way to see how financially stable your employer is?
Hello there. Because of the current climate with regards to employment, is there a way to tell how financially secure the company you work for are doing? The company i work for are a Ltd company of less than 100 employees, and because of the lack of work coming in id like to know how much of a shaky peg my job and…
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Voluntary Redundancy
I have recently been offered voluntary redundancy. The union I am with are fighting all redundancies on the basis that if I take the redundancy the job I was doing should not be available anymore, but it will be. I am a postman and the "walk" I do is presently is a full time duty, but will be made into a part time round…
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RP1 claim for partner on minimum contract?
Hi My partner has just been made redundant and will have to make a claim from the government and was on a 6 hour contract. She has actually been working between 30 and 39 hours for at least a year. Will she be able to claim based on her actual worked hours?
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cousin survived redundancy but............
hello everyone, the co.where my cousin was working have been carrying out redundacy/restructuring consultation. as per the redundancy criteria she scored better than everyone in her group and hence survived the redundancy, however some some slightly senior position (more pay) in the co became vacant due to voluntary…
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redundancy and benefits question please.
hi all a question i need help with any answers are appreciated. thanx in advance my husband has been made redundant after 11 years at his work place. we have two children aged 7years and 8months. i work as a carer 40 hours per week. we also have a house on rent. just wondering if we are entitiled to anything and is it…
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redundancy and benefits - useful summary
i found this page helpful, gave me answers to questions that i had been worried about. (for example you should NOT be treated as making yourself unemployed, and therefore suffer a benefit 'sanction', if taking voluntary redundancy). http://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/welfarerights/redundancy.aspx
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Redundancy and New job !!
Hi all Just wondered if you are allowed to start a new job before your termination date on your compromise agreement ? My current employer has dragged this process on for what seems like an eternity as it struggles in this current climate. I obviously started looking for alternative employment as soon as I found out and…
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"Take 15% salary cut or you are likely to lose your job!"
Hi, I am currently facing the awkward situation that I will be forced to accept a 15% cut in my salary, as my non-UK employer said they can no longer afford my salary. So the situation is that if I decline and insist on them paying the contractually agreed salary, they are likely to sack me before the end of this month.…
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Beware of the redundancy tax trap!
There is a very real danger that many people are falling into a tax trap because of the lack of clear information on how the redundacy pay tax system works and the quirks and side effects the system has. I've just saved myself a whopping £13k by spotting the "tax trap", so I guess it's a good time to share ... I mean the…
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Redundancy and paying your mortgage
Hi Guys, I have just ben made redundant for the second time in a year, lightning never strikes twice eh! Last time wasnt too bad as i was told 4 weeks prior to my 4 weeks notice that i was potentially up for redundancy, i got 4 weeks pay plus some holiday i was entitled to plus a small pay off as i had been with them 3…
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Redundant & Mortgage deal ending.
Hi, I was made redundant in August after 12 years of service (and received a fairly reasonable payout). I am still looking for work, although have recently set up my own business, although I do not expect any return from this is the current tax year. I am able to collect JSA, which I have just started the claim for. My 2…
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Redundancy insurance & PILON
I was made redundant in July. No problem with that. I had no notice but didnt contest it when my employer responded to an email i sent him questioning reasons for redundancy. In the email he said he was paying me the equivalent of 10 weeks wages as redundancy. He then said doing it this way i would incur no tax. As i had…
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Made Redundant in Error?
My wife has been made redundant which although upset accepted the reason for it. She has sign all the papers, which has been looked at by her union who agreed that everything was in order. She has been told her final work day and her final sum she would be collecting. Now about one month later her line manager has resign…
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Been Made Redundant
Was made redundant last week after being on gardening leave for a month and am finding it hard to motivate myself to look for work as I am enjoying not having to do anything after working for the last 30 years and being a layabout appeals to me. My redundancy was ok so I have something to live off the next few months but…
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being made redundant while on maternity leave !
Hi - I hope someone out there is able to help me . I am being made redundant and I am in the middle of my maternity leave. I will be in the company 8 years in Jan 2010 and normally would earn over the £380pw standard redundancy pay. My contractual notice period is 8 wks. In the redundancy package they are paying: statutory…
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Complaints within Redundancy Meeting
Please can someone help, I am going through the redundancy process (find out on 14th December) and at the end of my second consultation HR advised that someone had commented on something I had said about not enjoying the waiting game. I have asked who said it and what was said but have been told they can't tell me as it…
