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Redundancy payment / child benefit
My husband is seriously considering VR, for a wide range of reasons. He will get a large sum of money, in the region of 60K. I currently work part-time (0.5), earning £17K but would look to increase this until he gets a new job. We currently don't qualify for Child Benefit due to his current salary, but if he was to take…
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Redundancy - What time off am I entitled to for job hunting etc
Hi all I've had a quick look on .gov and there is not a great deal of detail. I wondered if anyone in the know could spell out what (if any) statutory right I have to paid time off during my notice period for job hunting. And within that, what activities count? Looking in the job paper/on line? Going to agencies? Going to…
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Redundancy/JSA
Hey people Have not been in this situation before so don't know the ins and outs. Decided to take redundancy from where I worked and after working weeks of notice (have been there over 10 years) have now left and received my payment. I chose to leave and decided to for a few reasons, not enjoyed where I have been working…
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Tupe and then immediate redundancy
My son has been informed that the company he works for has lost a contract that he works on.The new company who has won the contract will take all affected employees under TUPE. However there are no positions for these employees in the new employer so they will be made redundant at point of TUPE. My question is this . Can…
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Redundancy and pension
I have worked in the NHS for over 40 years (since 1970). In 2008 I stopped paying pension contributions but carried working. In 2013, due to the NHS Trust being closed down (PCT) I was TUPED across to another NHS organisation. I was told that taking my pension should not make any difference in case of redundancy. After I…
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Q re Notice Period
Hi, I've been given the opportunity to apply for Voluntary Redundancy. We've been given an initial quote, and I'm giving it some thought. It's a big company, so I think it's fairly 'vanilla' (not much negotiating to be had) but there is a reasonable package being offered. However, I think I've found a discrepancy, which…
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Unfairly dismissed?
Not sure whether anyone can offer any advice or if this post is just me having a rant and getting it all off my chest but here goes background is my husband started a new job back in May 2014, the company were perfect always saying to him that his work was spot on (night time hgv driver) he did what they wanted and never…
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Advice? And what to do with a lump sum?
I've been offered a decent voluntary redundancy package and I'm weighing up the pros and cons. I'm looking at having a meeting with my employer over the next few days so I thought I'd try and arm myself with some facts before hand. [I'm married with a working wife and no kids if that makes any difference] I've calculated…
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Redundancy money not received
Hi, I've worked for my employer for 2 years and 2 months. I received a letter from him on the 5/11/2014, stating that the department I worked in would be closing and my role would be made redundant. I received a letter on the 5/12/2014 stating that I would receive 2 weeks redundancy payment and my final salary payment on…
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Car and House Insurance Policies and Redundancy
I'm two weeks away from being made redundant :eek: and I'd like some advice on what I should do about my car and house insurance policies? Does anyone have knowledge of whether my premiums might increase or decrease due to being unemployed? TIA PennyPenny x
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redundancy or not??
Hi, i'm sure someone can help me.... !!! my partner works in a small hotel managed by a brewery ( they employ a manager to manage the hotel, and partner is paid directly by the brewery) and has been like this for many years, but we have just found out that the brewery are now putting the hotel out to a tenancy, so the new…
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Redundancy Consultation
I need a quick answer if anyone can help... I have a meeting this afternoon to discuss my job as I was put under a period of redundancy consultation... The problem I have is that even though they have said that the business model needs to change, thus they cannot sustain a Business Development Managers position, they have…
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Dismissal
My husband was recently sacked from a full time job which he had been with since August 2014. The reason given was his bad attitude. He was given the right to appeal which he has done. However, when he was dismissed he was owed one week's wages (he got paid weekly and worked a week in hand). We expected the money to go…
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Unfair treatment by manager
Hi - I need some advice please. I've been with my employer for 5 years in a fairly senior role and was approached internally last summer by another part of the business to go and work for them in a more senior role. As the recruiting manager didn't want to go through the whole advertising/interview process he asked me if I…