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Redundancy Question
Hi, My wife is currently on maternity leave which ends on the end of August, she is employed as a letting agent She has just found out the branch she worked in is closing next week. She worked with them for 7 years full time and then the last 2 part time - minimum of 8 hours per week but normally more, she has been on…
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Redundancy payout for old contractual hour's
Hi, I am being made redundant and have reduced my hours to part-time. Whilst I've worked these part-time hours for 2 years I've never signed a contract for my new hours so could I argue that I'm on my old contract or does the fact I've worked part-time hours for 2 years mean that's my new contract?
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what things to consider re tax
Hi I took redundancy this month and my gross redundancy was 105k. I opted to take the first 30k tax free and this was paid in my July salary. Using pension carry forward for previous 3 years I asked for the remaining 75k to be put into my AVCs and have calculated that there is no tax to pay (I think). My salary was in the…
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Redundancy and tax...
Hi, I'm in the midst of redundancy negotiations and would like some advice please. Everything so far has been informal, but I have now made the decision that I want to take redundancy. I asked for my redundancy figures from payroll and I'd get paid three months notice, which rounding up is £15k gross... which apparently…
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Voluntary redundancy package versus Compulsary
A friend has just been given a voluntary redundancy package and is confused of what the package is worth over compulsary. IE. How much may she lose if they don't take voluntary and is forced to go The package: Statutory Pay £7500 Voluntary Payment £1500 Notice period weeks (12 weeks) £4400 Holidays owed £425 Pension £200…
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Club Closing - paying wages
A local Club is about to shut with substantial debts, the Club is a limited business Can the Club pay its staff wages, holiday pay, and redundancies before informing other creditors? I suppose I am asking if employees can be classed as 'preferential creditors'
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Assisted separation morphed into voluntary redundancy
Hi All, I asked my company to consider my request to move from a 5 day week to a 3 day week. Within the company there is a process for this request (the flexible working program) which necessitated a formal meeting in which myself, my manager and a note-taker were present. After explaining some reasons why it was unlikely…
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Secondment and Entitlement
Hi, Can anyone help me with some advice. I have never been made redundant before and am finding it very daunting and confusing as I am Ian strange situation. I work for a company that is closing there office and making everyone redundant on enhanced redundancy terms. The problem is I am currently on a 6 month secondment…
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Employment Contract Abroad
Hi, I'm hoping that there is someone on this forum that can provide some advice on this. I have recently been in discussions with my employer about a relocation to Toronto which would require a new contract with the Canadian arm of the company. Despite a lot of positive talk and an informal offer the move has been put back…
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Protecting assets for JSA/Housing benefit
For the last 6 years I have been saving as much as I could to buy my first home, I have currently managed to save £21,000. Unfortunately the company I am working for is struggling, and I have heard through the grapevine that the chances of all of us having a job in 3 months time is 50:50. I am therefore planning for the…
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Received P45 whilst on maternity leave
In September last year I was recruited for a maternity cover role which my contract states my contract ends when the lady I am providing cover for returns to work. (She is still not due to return until the end of this year) In the meantime, I had unknowingly fallen pregnant myself, so my maternity leave started a couple of…
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Notification of possible redundancy
30 years employed with same company, today called into the FD's office and given "Notification of possible redundancy letter". I'm in a pool of one??? They say my workload has decreased (it hasn't) and that my job will be merged into another role. Basically my job is still there, they are giving it to the person who covers…
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Redundancy rumours, what to do
So as the topic suggest, in my place of work there has been rumours and speculations for months that our site is being shut down but no one in upper managerment like a ops manager or a director etc will either confirm or deny it, they just ignore the question Now let me give you the reasons why everyone believes that the…
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Administrators
My boss says he can no longer trade he said the administrators are coming in today just to do a valuation of the business, do they do that, I thought once they came in that was the process being started, my boss also keeps saying they might just close the doors in 2 weeks time, it sounds like he knows more than hes letting…
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Redundancy Issues
Hi all, Asking here on behalf of my girlfriends mother who has recently been made redundant from the private school she works for as a teaching assistant. The story goes like this.. She was initially made redundant due to school closure at the end of this academic year. Entitled to circa £8k I believe, unless they got a…
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Unfair Dismissal Tribunal
Here is the short of the story: I got the sack for gross misconduct. It involves a sum of money that it is alleged I stole. There was no cctv or witnesses so the case had to go on probability. The company decided there was enough evidence to go through and dismiss me. The company did not provide documents I requested at…
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Redundancy Notice interpretation
Redundancy is now confirmed for me and there's been a bit of debate on what the notice clause in my contract works out as so looking for some opinions on what you think this clause equates to for someone with 7 years notice: 'One calendar month. After four years' continuous service the notice entitlement from the company…
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Redundancy advice please
I around mid June was made redundant from a charity that I had worked for 1 year and 6 months. Due to funding issues my position had to go. I was given 4 weeks redundancy notice, but now I am not working I was wondering if I am entitled to benefits? I have money in a bank account but that will gradually go down. Please…
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It's Not Working Out !
Help and advice needed please regarding my job loss last week, which has completely gutted me and left me in a state of shock. On benefits with debts to pay, and no where to turn. I left a well paid job in April, mainly due to the fact the long hours and travelling were beginning to take a tole on my health. I took what…
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Freelance Redundancy
hi everyone, i’m a freelance journalist in glasgow and i was looking for some information. i’ve had a weekly column in a daily newspaper for the past nine years and nine months approx for a fixed fee, but it has now ended. am i due any form on compensation or money for it ending? it was entirely the newspaper’s choice and…
