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Redundancy & redundancy planning

Archives for December 2014

JSA Interview
I'm waiting to hear a date for a JSA interview and was just wondering what to expect ? Do I need to justify every last penny spent ? To be honest not looking forward to it at all, would just like the job fairy to pay me a visit !!
Redundancy Pay and Disabilities
Hi, I am facing the possibility of being made redundant in a couple of months time. (Madly trying to get my small business working but that's another issue). The thing is I am a disabled worker, and have given a decade to my employer, meaning if this happens to me I'll have approx 3 months wages before I'll need an income…
Can you tell if your company's about to go bust ?
Hi all Re. companies going bankrupt (or into administration), how early on do the employees get told ? Or do they get told ? For example, a fairly well-known business apparently bought loads of new stuff (computers etc...) about 2-3 months before it went bust !! Presumably they knew they were in the red, but still went…
Company gone in to administration. What now ?
Hi there I just found out yesterday (of all days !) that the company that I work for (a very well known courier company) has gone in to administration. So I'm preparing to be told I'll be made redundant. I got an email today from the chief exec but have to go in to work as normal on Monday . What should I expect? Will I be…
Is Xmas the time for redundancies ?
Noticed there a lot of threads about redundancy. Is Christmas the normal time for making redundancies ?
Is this legal?
My husband works for a large global company. Over the last few months he was asked to train colleagues in India how to do his job, and to write a user guide. He did ask why, and was told it was back up in case he and his UK colleague were off ill or on holiday. Yesterday my husband and his UK colleague were both told they…
Problems on the Horizon
I worked for a company which was sold two years ago to a big player and all the staff were tupe across. The new company issued me a new contract which guaranteed me a minimum of four years and there after termination by giving three months either way.i never signed the contract which i have had for two years. The company…
signed off. can I be sacked ?
Need some advice. I started a new job at a hospital as a health care assistant in October, a few days after starting I was sick at work and sent home I was told not to return for 48 hours. At the start of this month I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression, I started have bad panic attacks and became very emotional. I…
Returning after redundancy, in a different role, via a contract company
Hi, I'm asking this on behalf of a friend who will soon be made redundant. She has just been approached about returning to a different role, but employed by a service contract company. Her current company seems reluctant to allow this without a 3-month gap between her leaving and returning. Is the company right to be…
Client wants to "Buy" my husband
Hi, My husband has worked for company XXX for nearly 17 years. Part of the company supply staff members to a client company, who I'll call ABC. Apart from a 6 month break around 12 years ago, my husband has always worked for client ABC. So he is employed by and is paid by company XXX, but his day to day dealings are with…
Being asked to quit.
I am 54 and have worked full time in my present job for almost 4 years but my bosses have decided that Im 'a bit forgetful' and making mistakes, I also have problems walking atm which they say means that I may need time off in the future. I asked for specifics but was diverted by saying 'we wont got down that road but I'll…
Redundancy insurance policies
Around a year ago I took out an insurance policy with Legal and General specifically to protect against redundancy (Lifestyle Cover Payment Protection Insurance) - I also had a smaller policy set up to cover my mortgage from 2006 with Cardiff Pinnacle which cover Sickness, Accident and also redundancy (helpupay Accident…
Partial Year NI Contributions after Redundancy
Does anyone know what constitutes a qualifying year for NI contributions? I have taken redundancy with 34 years and 9 months of contributions paid. I am not eligible for benefits and am not seeking employment nor am I of retirement age. Will I need to pay these missing weeks after the end of the Tax year?
Redundancy/Maternity query
Hi! I am just after some advice. I've recently taken voluntary redundancy from my job, my job was in Swansea and I have just had a baby and live in Cardiff, so it was going to prove too difficult with childcare etc to commute every day so vol redundancy suited me so I could start afresh and look for a job in Cardiff. My…
Reduction in Hours - Can they?
Apologies if this is the wrong forum. I was redeployed into my current role at a university at the end of June 2014 for a fixed term period until June 2015. The new post was for 1 day a week, and the contract accurately reflects this, however a few weeks in I was offered the opportunity to work another day a week, which I…
Non-Financial Redundancy Tips
After thirty years of employment, I've been made redundant at 51. Fortunately my company are helping me with a payment and I don't really have too many financial worries. What I wondered, as the days stretch ahead, are the best tips for using up free time? At the moment, my days are more than full (I'm only in Day Two of…
Benefits
My job has become under threat of redundancy at work. My employer, however, is offering me an enhanced agreement to leave straightaway. This payment could be a substantial sum. If I agree to take it, do I register immediately as unemployed? Do I qualify for benefits? Are personal savings taken into account when benefits…
Voluntary redundancy - options?
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Job title change
I have been moved into another department at work and there is talk of changing my job title. Can they change this or can I ask for it not to be changed. Normally changing titles to me means redundancies further down the line so they can get shot of you.
Redundancy new job offer
Hi , Just been made redundant from the 31/12/2014 from a large company after 20yrs service. Now I am accepting my redundancy package and there is a job offer within the same group but different business as transport manager ... If I accept redundancy can I go back and work for the same company after 3 months period or is…

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