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Redundancy & redundancy planning

Archives for March 2018

Redundancy pay
Hi, My bf got made redundant (they went bust) and he got his wages due and holiday accrued paid through the redundancy payments office after he was made redundant. I am looking to claim his over paid tax back and the redundancy office took the full 20% off except that payment is not listed on his tax gateway hmrc account.…
Redundancy Consultation
So i am currently in the redundancy process and this has never happened to me before. I work for DHL and although they have informed me that I can apply for other roles nothing has been offered. I have worked continuously since I left school at 17 and I am now 43, i would love to take a break for a couple of months whilst…
Tax Year for Redundancy Payment
I am about to sign a settlement agreement with my employers for a redundancy. The amount will be over £30k and I am already paying tax at the higher rate. I understand that the first £30k of redundancy will be tax-free but all amounts in excess of this will be taxed. The query I have is that the settlement agreement date…
Selection Pool for redundancies
Just over a year ago I worked for a large multinational manufacturer on a trading estate that had 2 discrete manufacturing sites, call it Site A and Site B. I was the Manufacturing Manager for Site B and there were 2 Manufacturing Managers for Site A as this was double the size. Site A made one product and sold it to…
Redundancy and holiday pay
Hello I am currently in consultation on a redundancy. I have been made an offer but no mention has been made of holiday pay. I understand you should also be paid for any unused holiday as part of your redundancy settlement. By the time we reach an agreement it will be April and I will have 28 days holiday for the year…
Investing my redundancy money advice please
Hello I have been made redundant whilst on maternity leave. Fortunately, I had an excellent legal advisor who helped me to get a settlement out of court given the dubious legal nature of this event. My basic salary was GBP 52K plus a car allowance so I am a HRT. My employer is paying me GBP64,290 Gross, GBP45K of which is…
Redundancy,Wages and tax help.
Hello My partner is being made redundant on 30th April. He be paid his final wages on the 23rd April. This will include 6 months wages ( in his contract they have to give him 6 month notice but they do not need him to work it out), Holiday and 6 months car allowance. He will also get £7K redundancy ( I think is non…
Termination date for redundancy calculation
Being made redundant and entitled to 12 weeks statutory notice. Company is only giving four weeks notice plus 8 weeks PILON. Will the termination date for redundancy calculation purposes be the date at the end of the four weeks notice given or the end of the twelve weeks notice entitled to? Or should PILON compensate for…
Redundant and Entitledto.co.uk
Hi all, I will be made redundant in 10/12 weeks at the ripe old age of 62. I have worked all my life from 16 yrs old so overall had a good innings but this still comes as a shock! I live on my own. I have a mortgage I do not have ANY other income. So i was thinking what help is out there and was informed to try Entitledto!…
4 out of 5 redundancy reasons do not apply
On Monday I was summoned to a meeting and told I was being made redundant. I work in a nursery part time (admin) and I was the only person at the meeting from the nursery I work at. Our sister nursery had all their staff there as possible redundancy is going to affect the majority of their staff. In my redundancy letter 4…
In leiu of notice ?
Hello, Quick question please, i'm going through the redundancy process at the moment, for now we have only had the consultation and we are expecting to be told via a letter any day soon that the redundancies will be effective from the end of this month, all of us here are on a three month contract, the company is not…
Redundancy Looming
The business I am working for has gone into administration, therefor all our stores will be closing and within time all the staff will be made redundant. I have been with the business for sixteen years, and although I know I won’t get a penny from the business, I will be able to claim in back through the government. Sadly…
Prohibited applying same company after redundancy
So I worked for a multinational manufacturing company for 2 years during which the business was taken over by another multi national firm whom decided that the factory I was in charge of was not part of their future business plans and so was shut down. Myself and another 30 staff were all made redundant, there were no…
Should I sign on after being made redundant?
Sorry if this sounds a little long winded but I was made redundant last June and only worked for the charity for 1 year and 6 months, so wasn't entitled to redundancy pay. Since leaving I have had a break to get over what happened, because I loved the job I was doing. My query is should I be signing on to claim benefits? I…
Potential redundancy on maternity
My employer is currently undergoing a huge restructure. I’m currently on maternity leave and know that my team is currently being looked at with some already made redundant and those who have left have not been replaced, no one was brought in to cover my maternity leave either. I’m now in a position where actually…
Tax Calculation
Hi All I am hoping someone can help me calculate how my upcoming bonus will be taxed. In April (at the beginning of the new tax year) I will be getting a bonus of £10,200 which will be paid through PAYE. My normal salary is £35k. I think I am right in saying that when the tax is calculated they will assume that I will be…
Liquidator payment offer
Hello. The company I worked for for around 3 years was shut down about 8 years ago and at the time I received some money (I can’t recall exactly how much, I think £1000 or so) from the redundancy payments service. Today I have received a letter from the official liquidator of the company say that there maybe sufficient…
Civil service restructure/redundancy
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Redundancy Payments
My husband has been working for a company for 11 years and company not doing to good. he worked three days a week doing 27 hrs and has been knocked down a day losing 6 more hours. It looks like the company is struggling how will he stand with redundancy payments with him losing days
Part time worker redundancy pay
I’m currently working a part time position and will be redundant at the end of April 2018 and have received confirmation of what my payout would be. I have two secenarios which I’m not sure of and wondered if anyone had any advice. If I were to gain another part time job on different days to my current employment And start…

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