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Voluntary Redundancy for someone on maternity
Hi I need some help and advice. I have bee working for an organisation for 13 years, I am currently on maternity and have decided to accept voluntary redundancy. I was 19 when I started working for them in August and turned 20 the following month. My redundancy is based on 12 years instead of 13, is this because of my age?…
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Can my employer extend my exit date after formal notice of redundancy
If formal redundancy notice has been served and an employer wants to extend it is there a maximum length it can be extended for ?
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Ex Gratia Payment - How calculated and can you refuse first offer?
Hi there Does anyone know how Ex-Gratia payment is calculated? Also can you reject the first (or subsequent) Ex Gratia offers? Thanks
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Shouldnt years of work be rounded UP to next whole year?
Hi there I'm helping sort some redundancy issues for my girlfriend here. She has worked for a company for 9 years. I was told in a meeting that the CBA organised where an "expert" was bought in from a company called "Bradical" (an employment clinic who give free legal advice on employment matters) that this should be…
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Redundancy payment request, advice please.
I have worked for a company for 12 years. Today the company was taken over by someone else, basically the stock and order book were purchased. The existing company will no longer be paying me the new company will so therefore I have effectively been made redundant by the old company. There was no guarantee of a job with…
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Redundancy
Hi, hope someone can give me a bit of advice please. I was off work quite a bit last year with a disabilatating condition. When I returned to work I was sent to see HR whose words were 'We don't want another year like this' and sent me to occupational health who said I was fit to do the job that I was employed to do and…
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Question about tax indemnity clause in compromise agreement
I've taken voluntary redundancy and have just had a draft compromise agreement through. My payment will be under £30k and the agreement states: "The employer is proceeding on the basis that the termination payment will not be subject to deduction of tax or national insurance contributions and will therefore pay it to the…
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Redundancy - DWP JCP
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Northern Ireland Redundancy Payments Service - Bonus vs Protective Award claims?
Hello, hoping that I can benefit from advice from any MSE'ers who have previously received statutory redundancy payments directly from the N.Ireland Redundancy Payments Service (RPS), in the situation where your former employer was insolvent.! Last year, I claimed the following payments from NI RPS: 1) Statutory Redundancy…
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Redundancy situation - TUPE etc
Afternoon all. My company has recently announced there will redundancies and we started the 30 day consultation mid May. This is a cost reduction exercise not headcount reduction as some if not all of the jobs will be moved to cheaper labour markets such as India. To start with they offered a voluntary redundancy package…
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Redundancy and Child Care Vouchers
Help please! I am being made redundant and been informed that my redundancy amount is to be calculated after deduction of childcare vouchers, (ie less 243 x 12= £2916) not on my gross salary. Is this correct/legal? Thanks
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Could lose my job within 48 hours
Yesterday I was asked to go to a meeting. When I got there I was told my job is at risk of redundancy. It was completely out of the blue. I was given a letter detailing reasons why they think my role should be made redundant. I was told there would be a meeting Tay for me to respond. So I presented my arguments today & was…
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Redundancy - Unfair Selection??!
My husband is was told last week that he will be made redundant. He has been at the company for 7 years and was initially employed as a builder. 4 years ago he was moved to the plumbing team and has worked there ever since. Totally different jobs and different pay too. (His SRP has been worked out based on his plumbing…
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Advice regarding redundancy
I'm sorry I'm new to this forum so not quite sure how it works but here goes. I'm returning to work next month after a period of maternity leave and I've been informed that due to restructure my job no longer exists. I have been in the company for over 20 years but I still have one year left on my fixed term contract.…
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Redundancy pay from the dti
Four of us are due to be made redundant by our company on the 14th June, we were informed around the 6th June, that the company had applied for help with the Redundancy payments to the DTI (National Insurance Fund) as they have cash flow problems, although they are continuing to trade. We were told we would get the payment…
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Confidential Redundency Grid!
I am in the process of being made redundant, I was wondering if someone could clarify something for me please. I have been told by email what my redundancy calculation is and which contract I am on ( I work for a company that has mergered with others) but the calculation for my weeks seems lower than other peoples who are…
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Letter from Employment Tribunals
Hi everyone, needing a little help and advice if possible, I know you are all the right people to ask. :) I recently had to put a claim into the Employment Tribunals as my former employer kept fobbing me off with excuses regarding late wages. Owed roughly short of £2000. Anyway, long story short, i received a letter from…
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Do DWP need to be notified about redundancy when I have a new job?
I am being made redundant on the 30th June, although as that is a Sunday my last day at work is the 28th June. I have found a new job and start on the 15th July. I have a holiday booked from 29th June until 6th July. Do I need to notify DWP? I am not interested in claiming Job Seekers Allowance, I just want to keep myself…
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Redundancy and age discrimination
I am looking for some advice about a situation my mum has just found herself in. She is 65 next month and has worked for the same company for 17 years in a management role, mostly full time but for the last year or so working 4 days per week. She has been finding work very hard (its a high stress environment plus the work…
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Been made redundant, now what?
I opted for voluntary redundancy and today found out that it had been accepted. Since I left school 16 years ago, I have never not worked. Is there anything I need to do re things like national insurance? I'm 21 weeks pregnant so I can't really sign on as I'll be claiming Maternity Allowance soon. Will that cover my NI…
