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Paying child maintenance after redundancy
Hi All, First post here. I'm being made redundant in three weeks and my severance pay amounts to around two and a half month's of my previous take-home. I've been paying my wife child maintenance of £660/month for our three children (under 16) in line with the CSA online calculator, based on my salary as it was. My…
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Redundancy payment and claiming benefits while unemployed
I have recently been made redundant. The money I receive for redundancy pay and shares (which I have been forced to sell as leaving the company) will take me to around 11k. I however am currently under the das scheme in Scotland and have outstanding debt of around 6k. Paying this money off is obviously important but it…
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Urgent: Settlement Agreement
I have worked from my own premises as a instructor/assessor for the local college for 12 years. During that time I have been paid an amount of money "per student". This accrued a "pot of money". Some of this money was paid directly into my bank account, as wages for "hours teaching" which wasn't accurate to my actual…
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Can I work while on annual leave during a notice period?
I've taken a redundancy package at work and am currently working my 3 months notice from Aug. 1st and my last day of employment is Oct. 31st. Because I have a lot of annual leave built up I can actually leave work on Sept. 19th and take 6 weeks leave until Oct. 31st. I am currently looking for a new job but most want…
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Can my daughter be sacked?
My daughter has been working full time in an independent shop for the past year. She has spoken to her employer about returning to college in September saying that she will still be able to work 3 days along side her course which she did previously. The employer said they would have to replace her and have now advertised…
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Voluntary Redundancy Query
My Office was asking people to step forward for VR as a cost saving exercise - if not enough people offered themselves for VR then Compulsary would apply. I offer myself as a candidate for VR but the company would not accept my offer as I was "not on their list". Fast forward a few months, 4 colleagues have taken VR, and I…
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The Road Back….. A Guide To Tackling Redundancy
If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve heard the ‘R’ word being mentioned at work and could soon be (or already are) out of a job. Fear not, there is hope. The first thing to do is to ensure you do not panic. :eek: I’m 31 years old and I’ve just been informed by my current employer that due to a downturn in revenue my…
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Starting a new job during redundancy notice period.
Hi, I am hoping someone can help me with my situation. I had a feeling redundancies where around the corner so I started to explore other options just in case. As it happened my team was then placed under consultation for redundancy at the same time I was offered a job elsewhere. Naturally I enquired about terms for…
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Insolvent company... Voluntary redundancy.. HELP!
So my oh company has been made insolvent but has taken over by the owner dad as a new company. They have been told that as the company has been made insolvent they are allowed to claim voluntary redundancy from the government or stay in with the new company. My oh wants to take the redundancy as he has been there 12years…
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Change contract when pregnant?
Can an employer change my T&C's while you are pregnant? (not yet on maternity leave)? This says you cannot https://www.gov.uk/working-when-pregnant-your-rights but was not that clear as I cant see it anywhere else Thanks
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help hr1 not correct
Hi I wonder if anyone can help. I work for a large company but prefer not to declare which at this moment in time. Due to restructure everyone over a 24 hour contract is in the proccess of either being offered a new shorter contract or take redundancy. this is because the company want more staff on shorter hours contracts…
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Redundancy-with conditions
I have been offered redundancy from my job however, they have said that if I get a job offer within 4 weeks, I won't be entitled to any redundancy pay. Does anyone know if this is legal?
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Redundant payment
Hi, I'm about to be made redundant but my employer wishes to pay the redundancy fee over a period of 9 months. I would like to know if it's legal for them to pay this in instalments in this way and whether I have any protection during this process. Many thanks.
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change in working patterns
Hi I currently work between 8.30 and 4.00 monday to friday term time only. my employer want to put everyone on a 3 week rolling shift pattern between 7.00 am and 11.00pm including 2 out of 3 weekends. They are currently 52 of us doing my hours but they only want 20. can i refuse the new hours and claim redundancy or do i…
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Urgent Advice needed - Voluntary Redundancy
Hello All, As explained in a previous post, husband's work place are currently in the second round of redundancies and closures in less than 12 months. So far they have already closed one factory, at their second factory they are making 15 people redundant and at their 3rd, my husbands factory, they were asking for…
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Payment in Lieu of notice
Hi everyone, I've very recently been made redundant and have received a letter about notice periods. I work in a school, and have worked for 9 full years, which means my statutory notice period is 9 weeks? We finish school on the 22nd of July, and I believe - working out from what he's told other people who have to work 12…
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Change of work pattern.
I work in a company were there are six managers, one works nights, and the other five work a mix of different hours on a Monday to Friday basis, we cover one weekend in every five weeks and get Monday and Tuesday off as Lieu days. The company are now changing our job titles and also have requested that we do three months…
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Restructure Help
Hi, Just looking for a bit of advice. Hope someone can help me out. Basically there is a restructure at work going on which we found out about yesterday. There's going to be a closed pool selection to cut the staff down. The way our pay structure is at work is that there are staff on NPR1A-C & NPR1D-E. They told us…
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Current employer contacted prospective employer and jeopardised job
A friend and ex-work colleague of mine has been job seeking and was offered a job interview. The interview was with an 'agency' that works in partnership with her current employer, however her current line manager sees this 'agency' as a threat to her little empire (can you tell there's issues here!!). When the line…
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Pregnant - enhanced maternity while at risk
Hello, just wondered if anyone could give advice please :) . Bit long so sorry! Been with my organisation about 7 years. Was made at risk around Nov last year, didn't get a permanent role but after much faffing was given a letter confirming they wished me to continue in a role until at least the end of September 14. In the…
