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Redundancy & redundancy planning

Archives for August 2016

Employer not paying agreed redundancy notice pay.
Apologies up front for long winded post but it's a bit complicated so I'll do it with bullet points as the order of events is important. * Husband's company followed proper procedure to inform him of potential redundancy then confirmed it last Tuesday 23rd. * He'd made job enquiries and went for an interview last Wednesday…
Into adminstration without warning, no pay
Hi, this is a weird issue where I didn't know which forum I should put this in. redundancy or employment, anyway... Last Friday we were told the company I worked for had done into administration and that between the 1st and the 15th no one in the company will receive payment as going into administration meant we were out…
redundancy underpayment of continuous years
redundancy underpayment of NHS continuous years Hi , please ignore my stupid spelling of my name! but didn't want to register again. What i want to know is, if taking voluntary redundancy in the NHS and then some time later you find evidence of more years of service than you were paid ... have I got a case to claim more…
Redundancy help
Hi all, The company I work for completed a merger with another company in 2015 which has resulted in cost savings and cut backs. My department is being relocated meaning there are no suitable alternative roles available. During collective consultation we were informed most of us would be asked to work beyond our notice…
Job being outsourced
Hello First day back in from summer holiday and was told that my team ( IT in local government) was going to be outsourced :( I have worked for over 25 years in job and would ideally want redundancy if possible ,but was told that I would most likely be Tupe'd over to whoever takes contract on Also told that I would not…
Redundancy Overpayment
Hi I entered in consultancy for redundancy with my then employer in January, during the consultancy I was offered a settlement agreement with an enhanced redundancy to leave the company after serving notice, so I left the company in April, I was paid over £30,000 redundancy so the company agreed to pay the excess amount…
Redundancy counted as income.
I'm facing redundancy next year and have a question with reference to what is counted as income. Case example: Fred gets made redundant and has a payout of 90,000 GBP. Income for year to redundancy = 45,000 Redundancy payment = 90,000 Tax free part of redundancy = 30,000 So is Fred's income counted as ; 45,000 + 90,000 or…
Does anything ever come out of consultation meetings?
I was given the letter today to say that my job was in consultation and I have a meeting this Friday to discuss. As far as I am aware I'm the only consultant going, there are 3 other consultants in the workplace and it was just me that was put up. I've spoken to a friend in HR who has looked over the letter and said he…
TUPE question
A few years ago, our dept was TUPE'd over to a new firm. All the T+C's were sorted, one of which was enhanced redundancy (stat. plus 1wk for every year) I'm hearing on the grapevine that there's a round of redundancies coming and a few people are saying they're going to opt for it this time as there's no telling if they'll…
Redundancy
Am facing redundancy. Will try and be concise. 2 roles of equal grade being made redundant. 2 new roles being made one grade above and one grade below. I was only candidate for grade higher but failed to basically get my own job after interview. My own fault as I just can't get my head around talking about myself but…
Who qualifies for redundancy
I am in a bit of a dilemma we have been told we are going to lose our jobs because they ( the company) are changing the job and job tiltle and our job will no longer exist. We have to all apply for any job that comes up and go through the interview process, however it will be every man for himself because there will not be…
Can settlement offer be rescinded?
Hi all, A number of people where I work have been offered tripartite settlement agreements in lieu of TUPE to a new organization. But a few people who have not yet returned their agreements (deadline for agreement to be returned is another month away) have informally been told that due to teething problems that the new…
Redundancy help
Hello, ive been working for a company for 6 years. The company is a partnership and i was made redundant with 0 notice as the partners fell out. However one of the directors gave me a new job and a completly different company, the other director did not offer any other suitible job. Am i entitled to redundancy?
TUPE process
Hi, I'm hoping for some guidance please. I work for a small UK company that was taken over by a huge US company around 2 years ago. At this time the US company also took over a number of other companies in Europe and the US. In September last year we were informed that the department I work in would be moving to one of the…
Unpaid wages
Hi, My employer has failed to pay any staff wages for over two months now. I believe I can sue via Money Claim Online but it's £410! I cannot believe the system penalises the victim? I'm owed over £5,000. Even if I could borrow the £410, the risk is that the company has no money. Therefore, are there any free services that…
Correct Redundancy Procedure
Morning All I have one specific role in my company and it has become unsustainable so I need to make the role redundant. As it is just one person, am I correct in thinking I still have go through the consultation period, even though I know and I am sure they will, that the role is redundant. I am trying to minimize the…
Secret redundency but no job at risk - is this right?
[FONT=&quot]error 101[/FONT] [FONT=&quot]I have no experience of redundancy but this just isn’t sitting right with me. Do I have reason to be annoyed? What would you think/feel/do?[/FONT]
Role redundant and now not redundant
Hi Everyone, May I have some advice please on what my next steps may be............... I have been made redundant after the company I worked for accepted an early termination of the SLA from the organisation it worked with which in effect made my position redundant. However I have since learnt that my company has pursued…
Multiple Contract, Redundancy from 1 contract - rights
My husband has been working over 20 years in the public sector. A number of years ago, he started working 2 1/2 days in a senior position, and retained his existing job for 1 1/2 days (4 days total) .... apparently this means he has 2 separate contracts - though he receives only 1 payslip. He has now been informed that he…

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