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Vol severance
Been off work with work related stress for a long time. Employers have said either take vol severance or we'll start capability procedures against me, so I've taken the former. No fight left in me. I was getting ESA but they've taken me off this as I couldn't get to the assessment. Will I be able to get jsa??? What should…
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Redundant with no consultation period
I was made redundant without notice last week; my company is currently in administration and will probably be closing fairly soon. I'm happy to claim my redundancy pay and statutory notice pay with RP1/RP2 forms, this isn't an issue. However, I was under the impression that, in order to make a number of redundancies (more…
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The civil service compensation scheme
This question is actually quite similar to one posted by another member. It's about re-employment within six months of leaving a job. In a nutshell: I left my job on a voluntary exit, under a compromise agreement (I hated it; I'd had a grievance upheld against my manager, which ruined some working relationships). The…
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Do I Need An Employment Tribunal? Where Do I Start?
Hello, I am in a bit of a situation and I don't know what on earth to do. I have never experienced anything like this before, and do not know anyone who can give me advice. I feel like I am running out of time to fix this but I don't know where to start. I handed in my 2 months notice to my previous job, with a leaving…
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Statutory sick pay?
Hello, I recently worked with a new firm for five weeks before being taken ill. Got a sick note to prove my illness, and filled out my SSP form. I earned well over the minimum per week for eight weeks, despite only getting money for five of them. I was told that I was to entitled to SSP as I had "not been with the company…
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Made redundant and company says it can't re-employ me for six months
I was made redundant just over three months ago. A new role has been created which would be ideal for me but I have been told were I to apply there could be complications as "the law" says I can't work for them again for six months. Can anybody point me at the applicable laws please? I understand the 3 months applicable…
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Work won't make my daughter redundant
Hi I hope you can offer me some advice. My daughter is 19 years old, she has worked as a carer in a private care home for just under a year. Basically as the residents have popped their clogs the rooms have remained empty, they have been losing money now for quite some time (apparently one of the staff has seen lots of…
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Possible Redundancy due to company in Administration
Hi, It has been recently announced that my employer has gone into administration. I am roughly due £500 redundancy pay along with 3 week severance pay if I am out of work for that period after. I have been successful in being offered a new job at a different employer due to begin in 2 weeks time with a slight increase in…
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Company recruiting after making redundancies
Hi, My other half was made redundant mid August of this year. He was told it was because they were over staffed and that they didn't need staff anywhere else within the company. What it really came down to was that he has Crohns and they thought he was a drain on the company but of course they made sure they covered their…
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Claiming unused holidays
Hi, Just hoping that someone can help me with a question about holiday pay once you have been made redundant. The company i work for was put into administration at the start of Oct. The majority of staff were made redundant on the same day. I and about 10 other members of staff were retained by the administrators to help…
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Do I have any rights?
Please bare with me as I explain this. So I work for a large agency who supplies workers to a very large global company. I started working here in Oct of 2010 , so 2 yrs 1 months and 4 days to be exact. I started work as a member of a 6 person team call "Sell" which is part of a larger 16 person onsite team (even bigger…
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Redundancy looms and tax credits
I am taking voluntary redundancy and am expecting a figure in the region of £40,000. I have £50,000 and 10 years outstanding on our mortgage on a tracker rate of 1.34%. I am hoping to work with my wife who is a self employed registered childminder. We have no other debts but we do have two children, one 12 and one 6. I…
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Redundancy
Hi I was made redundant a couple of months ago. I was offered a 3 month secondment in another department and went from working at home 2 days a week for 6 weeks and then 6 weeks at home whilst working night shifts to working full time at the office which is a 2 hour round trip due to bad traffic. to be brief-basically I'm…
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redundancy notice
Hi All, Looking for a bit of advice for my Girlfriend. My girlfriend worked in her job from July 2011, she was placed on a consultation period on 4th October stating the company had lost the contract and would potentially making the whole department redundant. The consultantion period was due to end on 2nd November. At the…
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Redundancy and SMP
Hiya, hoping someone can help, CAB seem a bit stumped, lol. I was made redundant in September whilst pregnant, my last working day was 14th September, the day after this is the day my SMP "started". I was paid my SMP in a lump sum, along with my final months pay and my redundancy pay on the last day of September. The…
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Redundancy, notice and payment query
Hello, today I found out that I am up for redundancy, purely by mistake as I saw a job description for a job that does not exist but is basically what I do Any how I confronted my boss and he said that I would have been told on Monday and that I would be able to apply for the two roles they have made, one which is half the…
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Redundancy, 2nd time in less than 2 years
My employer, a 5 star hotel, has started consultation period, with talk on restructuring the management structure within the business. I had just been made redundant by a bigger 5 red star London Hotel, when this hotel offered me the opportunity. They were only a 4 star hotel when I joined them, and they saw invaluable…
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Pay in lieu of notice shortfall
I have been made redundant as the company I worked for has gone in to receivership.I am due 12 weeks pilon.I have worked for three weeks and received jobseekers allowance when I was not working.The pilon will be reduced by the amount that I have earned and claimed.Can I,therefore,claim the amount deducted by the government…
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Wife Redundant
Hi, My wife got made redundant a few weeks ago and now wants to know how to help some help. She was only part time and i am the main earner, however, we have 2 young children so her wage was actually needed. We have around £5k of savings at most and she used to earn around £6k per annum. My income is a little under £40k…
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Redundancy advice - but I have 2 jobs...
I have 2 jobs in the same organisation. Post 1 - 22 hours is being made redundant Post 2 - 15 hours - not being reviewed at the moment My question is, I don't want to stay just working 15 hours! Can I take redundancy from the organisation as whole? I asked and they said they would get advice. But I need to know where I…
