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Redundancy & redundancy planning

Archives for February 2010

enhanced redundancy scheme???
A friend is about to be made redundant (his job goes) . His employer always pays > than statutory redundancy pay, although this is not contractual nor is the calculation of the enhancement defined. (though he believes a formula for the calculation exists). Due to his age and circumstances there are a number of questions…
Ill Health Retirement
I have worked for my company since october2002.In february 2009 i broke my leg(tib and fib) slipping on ice whilst delivering a parcel at work i have been off since.My leg didn't mend properly and i now have a rotation on it.I am still having phsio every week and now work wont give me any more time to recover.I was still…
redundant
sorry have deleted post.I do thank folks for their advice and concern . Good luck to all people facing redundancy in these trying times
Tricky redundancy payout situation...please advise.
Hi All, I received confirmation of redundancy yesterday and now have the right to appeal the decision...(2 of us going for the same job, I was unsuccessful). I have the selection criteria scores and feel it's not conclusive but this may be hard to prove....do i appeal? Reason i ask is our company offers an enhanced package…
Made redudant / any free training courses ?
Can someone please tell me if their are any free training courses i can do, since i've just been made redundant after 10 years service :( .? basically about 3 hours ago :( :( so i'm really depressed at the moment. Seems like their are more jobless than jobs these days. so i feel i need to re-train to gain in the long term.…
voluntary redundancy?
Hi, The company that my wife works for is relocating to over 100 miles away, they have opened a new branch and have been in the process of transferring all the work across. Initially everyone was told that this would be an additional branch, but it was quite obvious that her branch was to go. She has now been given notice…
Advice on Redundancy
I started working for a company on 1st Nov 2001. I earn £38k pa. They have just announced that they will be looking for volunteers for redundancy. Can someone please tell me how much the minimum payment I could expect is and how much notice they will either need to give or pay me for and do I get paid the notice at my…
Redundant - What happens next???
I am a regular poster on these boards but need to keep my identity hidden for the moment. My husband had a meeting with his works last week and they were told that one of the staff members would have to be made redundant as they were just not making enough money to carry all the staff. This morning, he has received a…
Changed from f/t to p/t 2 years ago does this affect redundancy pay?
Hello all, My sister is being made redundant next month after working for her employers for 5 and a half years. She changed from full time to part time hours 2 years ago when her daughter was born and was told by a colleague today that the company should calculate her redundancy based on 3.5 years at f/t and then the…
Is this allowed?
Hi hopefully you can answer this for me. We were recently brought out by a larger company and they have decided to close our office down so redundancies have been given to 16 of us. No all of my colleagues have been given a finishing date of the 30th of April however I am the only one to have been told my last day is 5th…
Not told about Voluntary Redundancy option.
Just wanted to know a bit more about Voluntary Redundancies. Basically my employer has asked everyone at work if they would like to volunteer for redundancy, however some of us were not working on the day that the meeting took place. Apparently they are only giving employees 7 days in which to "express an interest".…
Made redundant, then replaced
I've just been made redundant - my contract ended on Friday. Today I have learned that my junior colleague has been given my old job title and responsibilities (and a small pay rise). I was told that my role would no longer be in the organisational structure, hence the redundancy, so this seems a little off-kilter to me.…
Notice Period in New Tax Year
Need help please! I am in the process of being made redundant. My notice period is being paid over 3 months of which 2 are in the new tax year. I am not going to work for the following 12 months so I will be under the taxable threshold i think??!! Can i claim the tax back? If so at what stage can i do this please?
A case for Constructive Dismissal?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I work for a very large employer, which placed 3 of its contact centre sites on a 90 day consultation at the end of January with closures planned for the end of April. After numerous meetings it was decided that all 3 sites would close, one in April and the other 2 (including ours)…
made to work notice and treated bad
Last sep got a hr1 form and put on 90 days notice. Was told i would be let go on dec 1st. i went trhough all the meetings and was told that i would be going along with 50 other men. At the same time the company gave notice that it was going to change all weekly paid contracts and gave 90 days notice , it said after that it…
Company closing but no date given, lease expiring though?
Hi last week Monday we were advised the company may close down but there was an inidvcation when however the lease on the building is up soon so i guess it may the same time i ask this, we are in consultation mode at the moment and im not going to apply for the new position elsewhere because its much too far and with much…
unfair redundnacy notice?
Hi, The firm my freind works for are saying his job is being made redundant, he is a driver/labourer,packer. However, other people in his section have not had this notice, and deliveries have to be made every day. He thinks this is unfair...one other person has had a job created within packing becuase his machine no longer…
Incomes JSA and savings?
Hi My short term appointment at work was terminated recently as there was no work for me, so I signed on - I'll get income based JSA. I have approx £9k of savings, which will mean I'll lose some of my benefit (£12 a week?), which I have no problem with (ok, I do, but that's for any other time!) Here's the problem: I…
Think ive been set up
Hi All, My job role is up for redundancy due to a merger, 2 people (myself and my counterpart) going for the new job (same spec) from each company and the selection criteria is : Performance: Skills: Experience: The merger project has been on the go for 1.5 (we knew nothing) years and yet this year I received an under…
Civil Service - Tupe
Hello I posted a few weeks back about voluntary redundancy. I've been accepted and have a few days to think about it. Personally, I'd probably prefer to stay but I think it's going to get quite difficult in the Civil Service. I work in an area that would be ripe for outsourcing. I realise outsourcing is all to do with TUPE…

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