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Redundancy & redundancy planning

Archives for June 2014

Lower paid job - compensation
My role has been made redundant and as an alternative to redundancy i have been offered a job at lower pay. The new role is subject to a four week trial and at the end i will receive compensation payment equivilant to the difference of 1 years salary. my questions are- they have quoted me as though i was a dayshift manager…
Compromise agreement or not ?
Hi, If someone has been off sick for some considerable time and they get offered a compromise agreement of 6 months pay to leave when they return to work - why would it be a good deal if they would normally get 6 months notice anyway. I can only think that an agreed reference, getting the funds up front and no tax on the…
New role or redundancy - weighing up the options
I work for an outsourcing company, and at the moment I work pretty much exclusively for one customer; a role which i was initially recruited for, which I've been in for over four years, and which is specific item on the customer contract. I've just been formally notified that my employer wants to change that, halving my…
Advice please
Grateful for any advice on my current position. I work for local government. The budget situation led to consultation on a load of proposals last autumn, which didn't mention my section. However, I was then told that there would be restructuring and my post was to be made redundant and my team distributed among other…
Redundancy - Score method and (lack of) appraisals
Hi everyone! New here and hoping someone can help! I work in the animal care industry, and have worked at the same place for the last 15 years. Our company has recently been taken over by a large corporate, who have decided to make one of us redundant (out of a pool of 6 employee's). They are using the Score system to…
Redundancy - good or bad timing?
Hello All, My husband's firm has been making redundancies since last year and he was advised to go for voluntary redundancy (deserting the sinking ship). He has today had his offer and it consists of his redundancy and his notice in lieu payments which are £3344 each, with the first half tax free. He has applied for many…
Payment in Lieu of Notice Confusion
I'm in a state of confusion. 5 years ago (2008), I took voluntarily redundancy as I couldn't get to where the business was moving too. I was 1 month from having been with the company for 5 full years and I got paid 5 weeks pay in lieu of notice and 5 weeks of statuatory redundancy money. Contract said 4 weeks notice period…
Newbie with questions
Hi, I'm new here and just after a bit of advice. I am 22 and live alone in a one bedroom council flat. I currently work full time (40hrs/week) but the company is closing at Christmas, so I'll be made redundant. I'm hunting for a new job already as I've only been at the company for five years, so my redundancy money is not…
Just in case questions: salary sacrifice (and accrued holidays)
Didn't happen, fortunately, so I've removed the post as it has some vaguely-identifying information in it (in conjunction with everything else I've posted on here anyway - the internet is a strange place and you just never know who might be sad enough to root through a person's posting history). Thanks for all your help…
Retirement in the interests of efficiency
Hi, I've recently heard of this term from a colleague. What is it ? How do you get it . And are thee any pitfalls for someone if they are offered it ? My colleague is currently off on stress leave and thinks it may be offered to him. Apparently he would get his pension paid without actuary reduction. It just sounds too…
Clarify involuntary redundancy
Hi everyone My wife's job has been subject to a restructure and she and her team of 3 had to apply for 1 job. The new role is almost identical to their current role but more hours and less money! Theyve all applied for the job and my wife was given first shout at accepting. In reality she doesn't want the job - it's not…
Redundancy or pay cut? What are my rights?
Hi All, Will try and keep this brief. On Tuesday my team were called into a meeting to advise 50% of the team were being made redundant due to cut backs. We are a team of 6, 2 are Full Time, 4 are Part Time (2 are actually on Mat Leave!) We've been put in consultation and will have our 1st meting on the 26th June, and…
Redundancy notice period.
The company I work for closed one of their offices and made redundancies across the board. Notice of redundancy was given to everyone at the start of May. There were some jobs available in another office about an hour and a halfs drive from the current one. I applied for one of those jobs, and was successful. I started the…
Reference after being dismissed
If you get dismissed after working for a large company for a number of years and you're worried about getting another Job and the reference you will get - whats to stop you giving an old work colleague or an old boss as the name for the reference assuming they are still working for the same company - do you need to give…
NHS End of Fixed Term Contract Advise Needed from Someone with NHS HR experience
Hi all, I recently posted a thread to find out if the end of a Fixed Term Contract which is not renewed due to lack of funding is classified as a redundancy. So the update is my contract is now ended and I emailed HR to advise of possible eligibility for redundancy process which they refused as they claim that my contract…
Consultation Period
I know the consultation period can be extended and extended and.... but the question is, what form of notice does the employer need to give for it being extended? After the first written notice of being at risk, can it be verbal only or does it have to be in writing with 48 hrs notice, in writing without notice....? All…
Notice period -how does it get covered in redundancy
Hi, I have a work colleague who is being unfairly targeted by the business to get him to leave the company.i won't go into too much detail except that they were about to start an formal process with him when he went off sick on stress. He is about to return after being off for over a month and is sure they will start…
Advice Please
Hi All Since the beginning of April my job has changed immensely with the volume decreasing massively whilst being offshore to Bangalore. After a week of this and with no communication my own manager advised me to contact HR as he was being excluded from information too (he's since been made redundant). I emailed our local…
Ex Company paid Student Loan from redundancy without my Consent
Hi All, I was wondering if anybody can please, please help me from a legal perspective. My company made me redundant last October. My redundancy pay was not taxed or NI deducted, but a large amount (to me anyway) was deducted for student loan payment. I have been researching, and since found out, that student loan…
Maternity leave / settlement agreement
(oops just posted this on the employment board but realised it might be better here, sorry for the duplication) Long story so please bear with me. I've been with my current employer for 6.5 years and am due to go on maternity leave with DC2 at the end of June. My current salary is £45,000 + £4,800 car allowance paid as…

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