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Redundancy & redundancy planning

Archives for October 2012

Mutually Agreed Resignation - Benefit Entitlement Query
Please note: this post is also on the Citizens Advise Bureau thread - as desperately need as much info from those in the know or anyone who has been or is in the same situation I work for the NHS and the Trust I work for are going through yet another restructure We have been informed about the MAR (Mutually Agreed…
Redundancy & notice pay help
Hello, This is my first MSE post and I would really appreciate some assistance. In short, I am newly married and we returned home from our honeymoon last week to find that the building company where my husband had worked for 15 years had entered into a voluntary liquidation and he had no job to return to! :shocked: We have…
Loss of notice compensation
Hi there Just wondered if anyone could answer my question? Basically after 6yrs service I was recently made redundant from a company that went insolvent and cease to trade any more,I wasn't given any notice at all.i have filled out an sent away for my redundancy claim from the national insurance contributions and said I…
Redundancy / reinstatement issue
Hello. I'd be grateful if someone could offer some advice on our situation. My wife was made redundant recently, last day at work 31st August. Her employer was reluctant to let her go, but the company she was contracted out to went into administration, and her employer at the time had no other positions available for her.…
Looking for advice on a compromise agreement
I've been given a compromise agreement to sign that will make me unemployed. The company has offered me 1 month's gratis pay (plus the one month standard payment in lieu). I have a couple of questions for the forum: * Is the offer of one month's pay stingy or standard? * If I sign the compromise agreement (which…
Employer selling workplace as franchise....implications?
Hi all, hope someone can give advice here. Today, my employer has announced plans to transfer a great number of it's workplaces (mine included) as franchise businesses. Now I have worked for my current employer for 8 years now, and am very anxious about the prospect of working for a small private entity with reduced job…
Company in Administration
I was told on Thursday that the company I work(ed) for was being put into administration as there wasn't any money to pay the wages on Friday. Myself and few others have been asked to stay on by the Administrator for an unspecified time to clear things up. We are told the administrator will pay us. I have been given an RP1…
Please Help - Vol Redundancy or ET?
This is a wonderful place. Thank you. I have learnt a lot by reading today after discovery. I am at my wits end so it may be disjointed. I have a boss who wants me out at all costs. Been there for 6 years and my whole team were offered a year’s pay for VR but no one left. I am being forced out - I was bullied, shouted at…
Redundancy, Possible incorrect procedure and unfair dismissal?
Hi Guys, I'm wondering if anyone could offer me some advice on the following. On Friday I had a meeting with my line manager and HR manager. At the meeting they told me that my role was at risk of redundancy. They told me I have a meeting on the 5th November where a consultation period will begin lasting 30 days. At the…
Council redundancy
Hi my wife is being made redundant at Christmas, she's had the figures, but when the last round of redundancies were made, higher paid members were on a high calculation rate than the lower. This was challenged in court and it looks like the council are going to be made to treat all equally. As my wifes in another round of…
Urgent Help Needed
My wife works for IBM who currently own the contract for the London congestion charge and or one reason or another they are making staff redundant. She has been working for them on a part time basis for 10 years and was offered £4500 to take voluntary redundancy about a month ago. She declined this as she believed the…
redundancy payment and new start
I am being made redundant in December after working for the org' for 3 yrs 9 months continuously. For the past 3 full years i have been on a 3 yr contract. My question is if i find work before leaving (which i hope is likely) and it is confirmed but the start date is not until Febuary am i right in thinking this won't…
Redundancy and contractors doing the same role
I have been told that I will be made redundant in the next couple of months. The company has several contractors who are paid on a day rate doing exactly the same job as me. Can I be made redundant from my permanent post whilst the company employs temporary workers to do the same role?
Advice regarding signing on please*New Question*
Hi. I am thinking about visiting the job centre next week. I have my P45 from my ex employer, I am looking for work and have been for one interview so far. What criteria do I need to have for claiming JSA? Do I need to be able to work a minimum number of hours? I can only work about 16-20 hours a week due to childcare. Do…
Redundancy / Different sites
The company my husband works for is being bought and there are three other sites. The function he works for is staying put and the other sites will be closed. However, his function is also done by people in the other sites. Can anyone advise me what are the rules around redundancy? If it is the other sites closing will…
Closing down business
I'm self employed - with partners and I'm looking at leaving the business. We've struggled for a few years now and my capital is reducing so we've agreed that I leave before I end up owing money. The others will either carry on or wind the business up completely. I have a few savings - not much and may have a wee bit left…
Would you take a job elsewhere instead of 'waiting for redundancy'?
This may seem like a question where the devil is in the detail, however I cannot really discuss too much for reasons of confidentiality. I am in a situation where at some point in the next 6-12 months I am likely to be made redundant. When this happens I will get a payout of roughly half my salary. However I have the…
Employment Contract
I've been suspended from my job. I've been there since March 2012. Ive had a text message saying im suspended. No explanation to what i've done wrong, and have no idea what im supposed to have done. I have a contract but where do i stand. I have to go in a meeting next friday.
VR Issues, Please Help :(
OK maybe I'm getting worked up over nothing, but it's all getting incredibly worrying and I feel utterly, utterly sick. This may be complicated so sorry if it is. My OH has worked for the same company for 11 years. In April he relocated and they asked him to stay on and work remotely for them. He agreed. In the summer they…
Probation extended despite good performance
I have recently started work for a Limited company as a marketing manager. It is part of this company’s policy to put new starters on 3 months probation with a 1 week notice period compared to the 3 months when fully employed. During the first month of this period my boss left and I reported directly into the CEO,…

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