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Redundancy & redundancy planning
Archives for January 2018
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Looking for advice on what to do with bills after redundancy
Hi All, I am looking for some advice after being made redundant at the end of December. I am still waiting on my redundancy payment being paid out but in the meantime I am using credit cards to get by for everyday living. I am going to be receiving a small amount, around 4k redundancy and I need to make this last me until…
Forced to go self empoyed
Firstly, sorry if this is in the wrong place. My wife has come home from work today, having been given her P45, and told that she has to become self employed. She had no advance warning of this, having worked there for 4 years. The company is a butchers, and she was taken on as a cook (making pies etc) although she also…
PILON and holidays
Hi Everyone, I found this site whilst looking for advice on holidays and PILON and would like some advice. I will start from the beginning. I had been working at my previous employer since August 2017. My contract stated that I needed to give 4 weeks notice if I wanted to leave or the employer had to give me one weeks…
Career Advice - Legal Profession
I'm 31, married, have a ten-month old baby and am having a bit of a career crisis. I am currently a Business Analyst within the Insurance Industry, but very much not enjoying it. I am considering switching careers and trying for a career as a solicitor. I understand this entails starting an online part-time course for the…
Approaching my creditors after redundancy and Sainsburys Bank most unhelpful
I was made redundant at Christmas from a very well paid job. Plenty of debts but all manageable up to that point. Done what I believed to be the correct thing by approaching my creditors BEFORE direct debits started bouncing and bank charges could exacerbate the problem. All have been most helpful, agreeing to freeze…
Changed Position then Redudant
Hi there. I wonder if anybody can help. Within the last 6 months, I was asked to move to a new team, doing slightly different role, but probably not more than 30% different, and then recently that role (in fact whole team) has been made redundant. I wasn't offered the new team role I was effectively forced into it. Do I…
Relocation brought forward
Some of us are taking redundancy when the business relocates, a month to go until our termination date. Today we were told my department will move to the new location next week, earlier than expected, and the leavers are to work there for the remainder of their notice period. Many don't drive (I do), lifts would be…
Redundancy on maternity leave! Please can you give some adive?
My wife went on maternity leave in Sept 2017. In November 2017 she received a letter to meet up with her boss. It was at this meeting that it was revealed that her job may be up for redundancy. A bit of info... - She has worked at the company for 22 months. - There are 3 people in her company who currently do the same job…
Sold company and redundancy rights
Hi guys Happy new year. Im not sure if anyone can help but iv just found out the company I work for (installing and maintaining cctv/alarms )has sold all our Maintenance contracts and work to a rival company. As they have only sold the contracts iv been told tupe rules do not apply. The other company has offered all…
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