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Redundancy package
Hi all. I was made voluntarily redundant 2 years ago and as part of my package my line manager and HR agreed to allow me to keep my phone/bill as part of this package. The company have been paying my bill ever since and as this was part of my agreed T+C's for leaving, it was all as expected. Today I have had a message on…
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Approved for Vol Redundacy on Mat Leave but still get SMP Confused.
Hello I am currently on maternity leave and on SMP only since mid Sept. My application for Voluntary Severance has been accepted and my end date is 27th October. My employer has stated that they are oblidged to continue paying me SMP until mid Feb. I'm confused as to wether I amofficially unemployed come the end of October…
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been made redundant ?
hi there a friend of mine is a butcher. he started work on the 4th oct 2010 and was served notice (28 days) on the 3rd oct 2011 So he has been served notice a day before one year, will he be entitled to redundancy?, as whilst he is working his notice period he will have worked there just over a year? or is it because he…
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forced to stop work - new agency / temp rule?
I have been working in an in house temp agency so probably not strictly an agency. I am on a temp contract.. JUST been told that I need to stop working and come off their books for four weeks as I have been on there too long. After nine months I think a certain amount of benefits click in .. This is a way to stop this from…
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Redundancy law...where do I stand ?
Hi all, looking for advice. 1. Company ask for voluntary redundancies. 2. Insufficient numbers apply. 3. Company then issue compulsory redundancy notices. 4. Staff informed that working hours must be more flexible in order business runs as well with less staff. In the event of this flexibility of hours being unachievable…
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Office closure & being made to move sites...my rights???
Hi, My partners office is closing on the 4th of November 2011... reason for closure is due to there branch not making enough money. He was orignally told he would be made redundant but now they have said they make them go work at another branch. This branch is 22 miles away and takes approx 35 mins to get there so adding…
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Unpaid wages and holiday pay
The company that I used to work for declared to its staff on Wednesday 31 August 2011 that it was going into Voluntary liquidation but would continue to trade for 2 more days, so our leaving date was Friday 2nd September. We were told that we didn't have to work the final two days but would be paid by the government if we…
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Redundancy a month after appointment
This is (hopefully) hypothetical, but could you be appointed to a post, giving up your former job, and then made redundant a month or so later? If this did happen, do you have any rights as you have given up a good job in good faith, and then been made redundant after only a month or so, therefore putting you in a…
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moving on - am I entitled to anything?
I have been at my current job, working for a small company with two employees, for 8 years. For the last couple of years I've been sticking around when I probably should have been moving on as the company is winding down and redundancy seemed imminent. Two months ago I asked my employer where I stood and whether there was…
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limited company & layoffs
whats the situation with a number of employees working for a limited company for, say, five years. The company gets sold with the employees as part of the deal. The new owner turns around after a couple of years, sets up a new limited company. Says the old company is getting shut down or liqidated and all employees must…
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Tupe? Is there a max distance for relocation ?
After a meeting today at work ( which I couldn't attend due to been on sick) all 7 of us who are up for been made redundant have been told we will be getting no redundancy pay and that will we be all tupe to the new firm.we all work as mobile plant fitters across the country but are contracts state are place of work is…
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Payroll and overpayment of wages after leaving employer...
Hiya guys, just a quick query really - my fiance left her employer at the start of August. At the start of September she received a fully months wages for all of August, and then at the start of this month she also received another payment for around £120.. The manager at the local office where she used to work sent a…
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Advice on how to challenge negative Matrix comment?
Just to confirm that stage is that I have had 3 consultation meetings and with no change my redundancy has been confirmed. My specific query is how I can go about challenging a comment used in my matrix score under the Competency of ' communication', which so far they have refused to elaborate on. Essentially, they claim…
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Can you ensure voluntary redundancy
My wife works in a large store. They want 11 full time redundancies......on a voluntary basis. They have 3 applications. Will get no more. Does that mean if my wife applies prior to deadline she must get it ?:j Or can they refuse her application and make others compulsorily redundant (there are quite a few they want rid of)
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severance and tax on benefit in kind?
I wonder if someone could help with this question, I am coming up to 58 years old and have been working on the railway for 19 years, I receive free rail travel facility's which I have to pay tax on as a "benefit in kind." As I am not in the best of health I am considering applying for voluntary severance from my job, as an…
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been made redundant while on the sick?
hi i broke my leg on saturday playing football and will be off work sick for around 6 to 8 weeks.just got a call from a mate at work today saying there having a meeting tomo with h/r to be put on there notice(7 of us). can i be put on my notice while on the sick?i carn't get to work as my leg is in a pot and i am stuck in…
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Redundancy whilst on mat leave
Hi, i hope somebody could help please.. A bit of a back story; I work for quite a large company (or was a large company) and it has been in the press for some time now about financial difficulties.. I have been on mat leave since June this year and i have not heard from work until 23/9 where i was informed 4 people from my…
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Being made redundant in January
Hi My wife and myself are both being made redundant as we both work for the same company. Question With the redundancy package on offer and the savings we have saved we could clear our mortgage, but that would still leave us with our credit card bills to pay. The dilemma we have is would this be the best thing to do, or…
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Redundancy and notice period pay
Hi Hope someone can help. I've just been put into a consultation period for redundancy, although I think this is just a legal formality and my job will definitely be made redundant. Been searching online for clear explanation of payments but can't find anything that really spells it out. So, I've worked for the company for…
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Redundancy follwoing TUPE
hi I have a few questions. 1. I am being made redundant follwong TUPE. Immediately after the transfer they put me on paid leave. Am I still entitled to holiday pay that I believe I am owed? 2. Does that holiday pay include untaken leave from my previous employer? 3. I applied for 3 vacancies at the start of the…
