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Redundancy & redundancy planning

Archives for February 2016

Released from company, company not paying month in lieu
Dear Forum; I was recently released from my employer (mutual agreement) and they agreed to pay a month in lieu. The date (1 month from leave date) has now passed when this was due, and I am concerned that they will choose not to pay it. I also know they have financial difficulties and have not paid their existing staff…
Is there anything I can do....
So I have worked for a company for 2 years with repeated short-term (6 month) contracts. I have always been open to signing permanent contract, but they have not offered it. Somebody in a similar position to me has recently left the company. I have just found out the someone they employed as his replacement was given a…
Trainee 6 Month Position - My Rights
I am approaching the end of 6 months of a very difficult trainee position.
Redundancy Payment into Pension?
Hi I am in 30 day consultation with my current employer as my role has been identified as at risk as it is being outsourced oversees after working with them for 10 years. I have been notified I am likely to receive my 3 month Redundancy Notice on 21st March 2016, with 3 months notice leaving 21st June 2016. My company is…
Redundancy options on restructuring
My OH's team at work is being restructured. He has been told that his existing job will no longer exist, and his boss wants him to take on a different role with more responsibility (broader range of projects and roughly three times as many direct reports). It's not clear yet whether he would be required to apply for the…
Help! New job secured vs redundancy pay
Hi, im in a bit of strange situation and just wondering what your thoughts and advice might be. I'm basically in a consultation period, during which I managed to secure a new job role. I haven't handed in my notice yet as I wont start until a week or two after I have been given my compulsory notice period. I initially…
Ordinary shares
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, in fact I'm not even sure it is really something that can be answered on the forums at all. Anyway I'll give it a go. Further to my post earlier this month, the company I work for are on the "bones of their backside" and it is looking increasingly likely that the…
Employer making post-redundancy plans while still in consultation
Hi, My fiance is currently in consultation with her employer over redundancy. This is due to an organisational restructure not working out and the employer restructuring again in less than a year. I understand the consultation period is a process that the employer has to go through, even just for appearances. She is due to…
Voluntary redundancy substantive post
Hi all Any advice would be much appreciated. For the past 7 months I have been doing a fixed term secondment position. This was originally until December 15 but was recently extended to May. I am covering for a colleague who is on maternity who is not yet in the notice period to let them know whether or not she is…
Redundancy confirmed, have new job.. can I let them know?
edit: sorry admins, can I remove this please?
Contribution based JSA after redundancy
Hi I wonder if anyone can help me. I was made redundant at the end of June 2015 and in addition to redundancy payment also received 3 months PILON. I did not sign on as I decided to have a break before seeking a new job. I understand contribution based JSA is payable for 6 months but I cannot work out if I have lost this…
Being made redundant but have new job to go to ?
Hi, I need some advice please, - My employer went into administration about a month ago. I have 31 yrs service and the admin. told me they'd make me redundant and entitled to Govt. Statuatory redundancy payment on the 19th of Feb. I found another job, who want me to start asap, - now the administrators have said they need…
TUPE and title change
Hello all, It looks very likely that I am going to be on a TUPE list. I am trying to change my job title and nature of the role (to a difference area of compliance) and my current company has been very accommodating of this, as long as I agree to the TUPE. Can I change my role/job spec contractually before the TUPE? (Pay…
Husband has been handed redundancy settlement, unsure what to do next!
My hubby has very unexpectedly been given a redundancy settlement letter today and has been told that due to company restructuring, they are absorbing his duties into someone elses role. We believe there are other redundancies being made in the company. The settlement letter says that if he signs it, he relinquishes all…
PILON and pension
Hi All, My last day at work was the 31st December after my role was made redundant. During the consultation period I asked If I could work my 2 months notice but the HR manager said no as there was no job to come back to in Jan (due to the large restructure). I have recently found out that they don't have to pay their…
Solicitors bill
Husband made redundant, his employer said we had to get a solicitor to look over terms and they would pay £280 plus VAT. We got a solicitor and they said the money from employer was enough to cover costs. There was a bit of tooing and frowing with our solicitor, employers solicitor and husband, solicitor copied us in with…
Advise needed
In January we were told that some people would be made redundant and that there would be a 30 day consultation persion (due to amount of people affected). I was told (verbally and in writing) that my job was "at risk" After the consultation period finished, on the 1st Feb everyne was told thier end date and what they are…
Possible redundancy on the cards
I'm after a little advice please. I've worked for the same man for many years. In 2004 he started his own company which got into difficulty and went bust in 2009. In the meantime, in 2007 he started a second business. When things started to get tough with the first business he transferred myself and another employee to the…
When do you sign on after redundancy
My husband's last day in the office was 29th January. His notice period ends at the end of February. He anticipates receiving a shade over £15,000 in redundancy. If he doesn't get another job (fingers crossed for his interview next Wednesday), and we use his redundancy to live on, does he wait until that is all gone before…
Weekly Pay Calculation for Redundancy
Hello everybody, I believe the company I have worked at for the past 18 years may be no more very shortly so I am trying to work out what I may receive in redundancy payments. I have always been a full time employee, but when I returned after Christmas (4th Jan), I was told to only go in for 3 days a week. Does this mean…

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