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Redundancy & redundancy planning

Archives for May 2010

Made redundant - notice period query
I was given notice of my redundancy last week and told I could go home and no need to work notice period. In my contract it says that notice for termination of employment is no less than one month's notice. Does it matter that it is via redundancy ? My question is - is the notice period one calendar month or 4 weeks. For…
Do we just wait or is there something we can do to move things on?
Hi I am new to the forum, and we could really do with some advice. On Friday 7th May my husband was give a very 'woolie' letter with instructions from his employer not to return to work the following week as they were meeting with an Insolvency Practitioner and the company would cease trading. It was the week before the…
Update following appeal.....
....following on from my previous threads I thought I would update you on my appeal hearing yesterday. It went really badly but I am hoping it will work in my favour! The director who carried out the appeal was like a fish out of water, he had no idea what he was doing. He had no real answers to my questions but did admit…
Redundancy For Directors
Until recently, I was a director of a company and had a 50% shareholding. The company has entered into voluntary liquidation. I've been told that redundancy payments to non-minority shareholding directors is a grey area and that I would have to demonstrate 'employee' status. I'm looking for advice on how best to…
Redundancy twice in 6 months :(
So it's happened - what we thought... OH has just been made redundant for the 2nd time in 6 months :( . First time was in November last year and it took him until mid January to get this other job now they've got no work and have laid people off with OH being one of them. It's really knocked him back and he's not really…
Can they do this???
OK My OH works for a security company they contract themselves out to various sites around the country there have been whispers that they may be cutting the security at the site he works however there has been no formal notification that that will happen and they were told the other week that the sites contract was at…
Redundancy. Vacany in similar but lower grade job in another team
Along with 60 odd others, I am going to be made redundant from my current role. However there is a vacany in same company but another team which is quite similar to my current role, except the role is a grade lower than what i am right now. However I got promoted in my current role last year without a payrise. So apart…
Redundancy of hours and academic salary spread over whole year
Hi All I have had some of my working hours made redundant. I am dropping from 20 hours to 12 hours. I work in a school but I am paid every month, even through the holidays, my hours for the year are added together and then divided by 12 and I am paid that figure monthly. There is no choice about this and it wasn't a…
Being made redundant but need advise.
I really hope someone can help me, I have tried to outline my situation as clearly and briefly as possible. I have been told my job will go the 2nd July but not had any letters or a consultancy yet, so I need this info ready for when I do. I work for a big company that has lots of depots and lots of different contracts. 2…
Advice...please!
redundency pool?
hi my husband has been chosen for a pool of redundencies. his employers are using a points system where employees of giving points for certain things like, attendence, finishing tasks when asked, certain areas of the work, being able to run a crew etc...... he has been there 8 yrs and has quite a number of points however…
Redundancy payment and employment tribuneral
Hi posted a few times before but here is a quick description of where I am. I am 30 weeks pregnant getting made redundant in 6 weeks Had my first consultation Brought up issues that I have which was a job was not advertised internally as per company policy which means I missed out on applying for the post (My dept…
Pension and Job Seekers
Hi, as a result of being unemployed I have explored taking my private pension early. It's not much but someone warned me that once a pension starts to pay out you can't then go seek income support or job seekers allowance ever again. Is this true?. Currently not claiming JSA etc. Could someone advise please. Thanks
Redundancy ... help!
Hi, I am hoping someone can advise. My job role has been made redundant and I was given options of other roles that the new structure ‘proposes’. There also was an option of applying for voluntary redundancy if I did not want to re-apply for the available jobs. I applied for VR and it has been accepted. The 90-day…
Tax and NI on enhanced element of redundancy pay?
Statutory redundancy is tax/NI free but I've been told that I have to pay tax/NI on the enhanced element of my redundancy money (which doubles what would have beenthe statutory payment). Anyone know if this is correct? Not ALL my redundancy tax/NI free then? Can't find the right section on the Directgov site to clarify…
How long can they legally 'lay you off'?
My OH is a Field Service Engineer and he was laid off y'day and sent home... They couldn't tell him how long he'd be laid off but he is paid per hour so no work = no pay ... how long can he be laid off until they have to legally declare him as redundant? Can't believe this has happened again ... he was made redundant about…
Possible Redundancy looming - employers withholding info ?
Hope anyone out there may be able to offer some advice please. There is the real possibility of redundancy looming , albeit maybe in a year or slightly less time. How does an employee stand , if at all, if direct management , and including some higher up the chain, don't tell staff everything they know ? I realise that…
Voluntary Redundency
Hi We are under the threat of redundency and work have asked for anyone who wants voluntary redundencey to put their names down. Now, how would I stand with 'signng on' if I did this. What I mean is - could I claim for job seekers allowance straight away? Thank you
Urgent Advice Needed Please :(
Hi All, Hope someone can give me some advice, as my heads spinning at the moment. Ive have 3 Loans (Unsecured) and a few Credit Cards and ive never missed a payment for all these years ive had them. But i am to be made Redunant on Wednessday :( ...... so i will have no income comming in........ i really dont know what to…
Dismissal due to poor eyesight?
Hello all, need some advise on whether my employer has the right to dismiss me, or whether I can ask for a redundancy package due to eyesight problems? Long story short, I am/was a Graphic Designer and had laser surgery on my eyes 2 months ago to cure short sightedness. The surgery has left me with vision problems that…

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