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Redundancy & redundancy planning

Archives for November 2010

Voluntary Redundancy - Advice needed!
Hi all We have recently been told that there may be cuts in our workplace. The have offered us voluntary redundacy pay which sounds quite good. The people who decided to take this will be given a payment equivalent to 12 months' gross pay (including any staff notice period). We have been given less than 2 months to decide…
'At risk' in major UK company but have advertised my job already!!
Hi I need help!! My husband was given an 'at risk' letter from his employers. He has worked for them for 26 years. On the day he was given the letter he asked his boss to be straight and tell him if he was staying or going. His boss said there is a job coming up but dont apply for it! Basically telling my hubby that he was…
Redundancy pay if company goes bust
If my company goes bust naturally there will be no redundancy coming from them. Is someone fibbing to me when they said the government will give me some statutory redundancy? TBH
contract not being renewed - redundant during mat leave
Hi, can anyone offer any advice.....my contract is not going to be renewed (was fixed term because department was a trial and is now being reorganised and there is no role for me anymore) when it ends in April - 5 months into OML. Is it right that my SMP will also end then? thanks
selection process
can certain people be selected for redundancy before a consultation period starts i work in a department of about 100 employees. we all do the same job, but according to the latest rumour, those who have been selected for redundancy will be getting a letter in the post next week as yet, we have had no formal notification…
Help! Payment in lieu of notice and Tax!
Hello, a very very easy question for people who know what they are talking about, but i don't, so any help greatly appreciated! I have just been made redundant. I received payment in lieu of notice, which was six months (!) and effectively took my annual income from that employer up to around £41k (ie basic rate tax…
Advice Please Takeover Do I have to take the job
Pretty sensitive this hence a temp log in (hope that is ok). I will try to keep this short. Worked for a company for three years and they have called liquidators in. Good news though is that it looks like some sort of takeover deal will take place and everyone will keep their job. According to employer we will not be able…
Voluntary Redundacy
I am considering taking Voluntary Redundancy early next year and I am expected to take my pro-rata'd annual leave before my exit date. Also, during the last 4 years I have accumulated (banked) 3 days per year, so have a total of 12 days in addition. Obviously I would prefer to be paid for the 12 rather than take the time…
Help, Dont know what to do.Please help
Hi there,any help would be greatly appreciated.Scenario is this that iam a hackney cab driver in Manchester.The cab iam driving is not mine & is on rent, the cab owner(without any notice) has asked me to leave his cab. I have always paid him track money on time plus when i started track on cab i paid him deposit aswell.At…
Reducing employee's hours
I'm secretary of a small sports club and we have one employee (barman) who has been with us for over 10 years. Times are hard and the club is very quiet in the week. We have decided to no longer open in the week as it is not viable. We therefore need to cut the barman's hours by around half. We no longer have his…
apprentice redundancy
hi there, Afriend of mine has just completed his apprenticeship. He has been approached by a manager regarding his position. He may be made redundant even though his company has recently employed a person doing a similar job we he was more than capable of fulfilling. Does an apprentice have any rights. He has been there…
Qualifying period for TUPE?
Does anyone know if there is a qualifying period you must work on a job before TUPE kicks in, following a buy-out by a new company? Eg DH had worked for 4 years for one company, TUPED to new company which went bust 2 months later. Staff from this company worked on same job for 2 months. A third company purchased the…
stat. notice period and qualifying redundancy payment years
Hi, When calculating my redundancy payment, should I include my statutory notice period in the qualifying years as this would add an extra year/half a weeks pay to my total. Better in my pocket if I am entitled to it! Thanks
Redundancy issued after making complaint.
Hi Would love to have some objective thoughts on my situation. I am/was a design manager my position was to manage a fulltime member of staff and 2 freelancers. For the past two years my job roles have been slowly eroded due to my managers relationship with me getting worse and worse. My position started to be ignored and…
income protection insurance and JSA
Hi everyone, I am new here so great big hello to everyone.. I would really appreciate it if anyone can kindly answer my query please. I have been paying for income protection insurance for last year and a half. I am now being made redundant after 10 years for service. Will be able to get Contribution based JSA even though…
Claiming redundancy money and ill health pension?
Hubby had worked for his company for 40 years. Last year the company wanted to TUPE the workforce over to another company. They emphasised that contract terms would be protected...unless technical, economic, or organisational reasons cropped up. During the consultation period, however, the TUPE was scrapped and the workers…
Short working/redundancy
Hello I currently work 5 days a week, 4 hours every day and as a result pay Class 1 National Insurance. This is very important to me as currently my employer does not offer me a pension scheme. My current employer took on my contract from my previous employer, thus I have over 2 years continuous employment/payments. Some…
redundancy selection
hi there if there is a redundancy exercise going on and someone had been off sick for 2-3 months, what kind of affect would this have on their decision? thanks in advance
Redundant whilst pregnant
Just looking for a bit of advise with regards to redundancy whilst pregnant. Here is my story: Well i am currently 16+5 weeks pregnant and had a formal meeting yesterday to confirm my redundancy. The whole client services department is being redundant, the same in 3 other offices. In our office one girl is already on mat…
claiming jsa
Having been made redundant after 9 years of service, i signed on yesterday With the redundancy pay i will recieve and already savings that i have, I will have over £16000 of savings at this moment in bank account, the question i ask is will i be able to claim JSA ? (contribution or income) for first 6 months - not to sure…

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