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Redundancy & redundancy planning

Archives for November 2016

PILON taxable?
Apologies for what I'm sure is a common question, but is PILON taxable? My employer is making our team redundant from 31/1/17 and we are getting 2 weeks per year of service redundancy (I understand this is tax free but please can someone confirm?) and PILON for our notice periods. This will all come in one payment in the…
Company witholding work made me redundant
Ok bit of a strange one, I work for a large engineering consultancy, a ltd company. They've made me redundant due to reduced future workload and im currently on gardening leave. In the last month ive learnt that two directors (one of which was mine) were put on indefinite leave, the rumours were that they had been holding…
Recently redundant, Unemployment Claim monthly evidence required for approval of paym
Good morning, Sadly made redundant recently, but I was fortunate enough to have taken out unemployment cover a while back.....I nearly cancelled a few times due to the increase in premiums and I am so relieved I hung on! They have advised me before they can pay me each month, I have to send them 3 pieces of evidence of Job…
Redundancy / Retirement advice please
Looking for some general advice. Been made redundant but have a pension coming out in about six months at age 60. Been talking to several people who have described the Job Seeker thing as a nightmare so my intention was to not bother signing on for JSA and I have enough funds to bridge the gap until the pension comes out.…
Local Government continuous service and Fixed Term Contract
I have worked in Local Government for over 15 years and have recently been offered a Fixed Term Contract with another Local Authority, for approx 14 months. If the FTC does not continue, will I be entitled to redundancy payment for my continuous service in Local Government? Or do I waive the right because I have accepted…
redundancy pay
my job role is being made redundant and im yet to receive any information. I curious as to how much pay i would receive? My job role started in June 2011, i was full time up until April 2016 as i had 9 months off for maternity leave therefore returned park time. How would they work this out? 5 full years of continuous…
DIY Protective Award
Hello, One day we all turned up to work to find the company had got into administration, there was around 50 employees, all sent home without consultation. Months later one of my colleagues has phoned me to talk about the protective award, he spoke to a lawyer and they wanted to move a group action so the more people the…
Resignation and Wage Raise
Hi, I have a peculiar situation I'd like to ask advice on. I resigned from my current job a couple of weeks ago but I offered to stay for longer than the regular notice period as we're on stupidly busy times which management and HR were thrilled with and I'm staying until mid January. Now, an increase in pay was announced…
Solicitor at redundancy consultation
Hi I'm going through the redundancy consultation at the moment. My company doesn't have an HR person so have an external consultant advising them. After reading the ACAS website and getting advice from HR experts I don't believe they've followed the correct process. I asked for a hard copy of the original presentation…
Another TUPE query
Hopefully this is the correct forum, but I need advice on TUPE. My employer carries out business in 2 effectively separate sectors. Part of the company caries out term maintenance work for a local authority, the other part competitively tenders for work in the marketplace. Some people are wholly involved with the term…
At what date to calculate number of years
Hi All We have a threat of redundancy at work. I am on a contract with 3 months notice (each way) and a "pay in lieu of notice" (PILON) clause. We have been told they will be offering the following terms: 1. 2.5 weeks pay for each full year (no pro rata'd pay) 2. Contracts will be terminated on 31st December. I started…
Help - not sure what to do
Hi I have recently been told I'm being made redundant, our agreed date is 21st Dec. I have found a new job and have handed in my notice in today. My last working day for my current employer is 14th Dec. What I want to ask is whether I can use my remaining 4 holiday days to extend my employment until the 21st Dec (as 14th…
Waht do I do
Hello I have just found out that my company may be taken over by another company and myself and one other person will be tuped over to the new company, however I will go from a straight salaried position to one that is based on commissions from work done only, also the company car will be taken away, the new company is…
Confusing case redundancy in dept when on fixed term contract
Trying to help a family member out with this. She has worked around ten years for an NHS employer. She was employed, let's say on Band 1, she is on a fixed term training contract this year at Band 2, it finishes end March, at which time she can apply for a Band 3 job as she will be qualified for it. However, the area she…
Redundancy pay and self assessment
Hi, I am hoping someone with a bit more tax savvy can help me here. My friend was made redundant August 2015 last year and just after taking redundancy they ventured on a self employment franchise. They registered themselves as self employed from the 14th of August 2015 however the redundancy pay from previous job did not…
Urgent advice re redundancy payment
My sister and her partner were both made redundant by the same company back in May. They worked there for 7 and 9 years, and were only given a weeks notice. They were told there was no money for notice pay, holiday pay owed, redundancy pay, paternity pay or maternity pay (my sister had just started her maternity leave)…
Been sent a p45 but stil working at the company
Hi Today i recieced a p45 from my current workplace but the confusing thing is i not been told that i have been paid off, i phoned my manger and he said i havent been paid off so im in a state of confusing can you help me?
Redundant or Unfair Dismissal?
Hello Everyone, Unfortunately today, myself and most of our staff at my company has been given the following dismissal letter. We knew the company was doing bad for a while now and we have not been paid for 2 months. The only thing we were hanging on to was hope that at some point we'd be bought over and salaries paid or…
Redundancy and how it works?
Hi all, So as of 07/11/16 the CEO announced our office would be no more by May 2017 as they are moving to another location. And because of that move three particular teams would be at the risk of redundancy, to which 1 of the teams is one I belong to. Today I started at 1pm so missed the first collective consultation…
redundancy and pension contributions
If your made redundant and lets say you will get 3 months notice but instead of working the notice,the company pay you the 3 months.If your in the company pension scheme and lets say the company pays in £100 a month.Do the company still pay the £100 for each of the 3 month of your notice that you are not actually working…

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