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Voluntary redundancy - modification order
It's a bit of a long shot but does anyone know if the modification order applies to people who take voluntary severance? I've been working at a university for 5 years and prior to that was at a further education college for 5 years (covered under the modification order). There is a restructure at my current workplace and I…
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National Insurance on redundancy
Do you have to pay national insurance or redundancy payments over 30000?
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Ex-Gratias Payment & Tax / NI
I lost my job (performance grounds, not redundancy) and have been offered an ex-gratias payment in excess of £30,000 and I am trying to work out my Tax/NI liabilities prior to accepting this offer. Note: I was paid PILON which was subjected to Tax/NI. The ex-gratias offer is made up of two parts. The first is £60,000 (to…
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What would I be entitled to (if anything)?
Hi, My employer is currently looking at who will be keeping their job and who won't be.... I'm just looking to find out what I will be able to claim for and what I might get if I'm one who's not so lucky and can't find a new job straight away. I have worked for this employer for just over 18 months and their redundancy…
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Redundancy - General Questions
I'm about to go through my first redundancy process at work with the company having recently announced plans for a large reduction to it's workforce. I'm quite fortunate in that I have strong academics, good experience and am generally quite confident of being able to find something else within a relatively short space of…
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Calculating Redundancy
I have just been made redundant and I am certain they have calculated it wrong. I have worked for the company for almost five years, I am aged 27 and work full time and I am paid weekly. How do they calculate my redundancy? For example if at the time of my redundancy my weekly wage is £400, should I receive £1600? Or is it…
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Redundancy & Pensions
My company announced last week that it will make a large number of people redundant. It will soon be starting the process & will be asking firstly for volunteers. I am 57 & have 37 years service so would also be eligible to take a final salary pension. I need to know if VR could be classed as leaving at the company's…
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Gmp --s32
I have a pension S32 with Guardian Financial. I am trying to access up to 25% under new pension rules. GFI keep telling me it is a GMP so cannot have early pension OR lump sum. Not even lump sum on retirement! My NRD is June next year, but am to continue working. Because of cicumstances I require some funds now. Surely,…
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Redundancy and Location
Hi All, Looking for some advice on a redundancy situation I currently find myself in. Almost 2 years ago I was hired for a role in my current company. There are several other people doing the same role throughout the UK and where there was originally one person doing my geographical location they decided to take on two of…
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What's my situation
I was working on a zero-hour contract at a company but after new owners took over I haven't got hours there in almost 7 months. Am I still employed there? Am I due some redundancy pay?
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Same job titles not under thread of redundancy
I was wondering if someone could help me please, I work for a global company whom have 3 manufacturing sites in the UK. On the site I work in there are 2 discrete production buildings a hundred yards from each other. This week the company announced that it intends to phase out production from the building I currently work…
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Help! I was sacked on Monday
Hi everyone... I've just been sacked and really don't know what to do or if I have a case against my employer. Certainly they've failed in common decency and human respect in the way they have mishandled the situation. I'd really appreciate it if anyone could share any advice on whether I have any recourse given the events…
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Long one
I am posting partly to work it through for myself, but would welcome advice. I work in the public sector and have been with the same employer for 23 years. I will be 60 in a few months. In autumn 2013 I was told my post would be going as part of a restructuring exercise ( spans of control). I then had a formal interview…
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Paid for consultation period?
I was informed this week that I'm being made redundant. I'll be appealing this in due course but I wanted to ask a question in regards to the offer they've appeared to make in the letter. It reads: The question here is - can they offer to pay me for my redundancy consultation period like this? Feels wrong to me - by…
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Just got told my job is no longer there
I got called to a meeting a couple of weeks ago along with many other of my workmates, and we got told we were on 45 consultation. Tuesday this week, I was told that my role is no longer available as of the end of next month. I have been expecting this as we have very little work in. I have another meeting next week for…
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Is this this reasonable?
The following question has been asked by a former colleague. I don't know the answer so would appreciate your support in providing a good answer.
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Is being asked to change hours and relocate classed as suitable alternative?
I have been a remote office worker for 9 years. I start work when the physical office closes for 4 hours. Emails, calls, orders general office work, I look after a different time zone, so works for me and them till now, I work in the evening and only me does this job. They say now they need to grow the business and having…
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Paying tax and nic on mat pay after redundancy
Hi Just wondering if anyone can give me any advice. I was made redundant on 24/7/15 (all above board, the place closed down). At that time I was still on paid maternity leave (smp) and will be until the end of this month. Since I was made redundant I have been taxed on my mat pay as my previous employer said they had to…
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Lost job, no notice. What do I do?
So yesterday me and my partner (both worked for same company) lost our jobs. He was the general manager and was told he needed to go sign a contract with a new brewery, but when he got there the owners told him that they had sold the building to another company and as of then we were shut and to tell us all we no longer…