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Redundancy & redundancy planning

Archives for October 2018

Am I eligible to take decd mother’s employers to court/work tribunal
My mother recently passed away, prior to this she was in the process of taking her employer/s to court/work tribunal as she was made unfairly unemployed. Where my mother worked they lost the contract on a particular workstream that she was working on, she was to be TUPE over with everyone else on that job. New employer…
Forced into New Role Without Trial Period
We are under consultation at the moment. We have been told that those who are retained will be put straight into a new role after the consultation with no trial period; essentially agree to it or resign. When this was questioned the answer was: 'there will not be a 4 week trial period as this is a matched job'. Is that…
Resignation help
Hello Ok, before I proceed to my questions I need you to understand The reasons behind my resignation and my part in this. In August my team manager was changed to a new manager who was recently a customer service advisor like myself. When she took over the team there was quite a lot of bullying from her against myself, I…
Redundancy Payment - What counts towards the £100K Tax
Good morning I am being made redundant from my current employer and will be paid a Redundancy Payment of just under £60K, of which the first £30K will be free of tax. My total income for the tax year (including that full £60K) will be around £113K (Current Job + Redundancy Pay + a new job which I will start immediately) My…
Redundancy payment over £30k - Can I save tax?
Good evening all. Long term forum member, but new ID for anonymity. After almost 20 years working for my current employer the time has come to take redundancy. I have no other job to go to so I will need to pay off debts and live off my redundancy payment for some time. My payment is well over £30k which I know is the tax…
NHS Contract says Permanent but it should be FTC
Just a general query regarding NHS contracts. I current work for a Social Enterprise that deliver NHS services - this is fixed term until March 2020. However when I look at my contract (that i've signed) there is nothing on there that says it is fixed term and that I am classed as permanent. I just wanted to ask whether…
Length of Service
Hi guys My wife has just been declared 'at risk'. One of the factors in the equation will be length of service..... Initially she was on a zero-hours contract but, after climbing the Greasy Pole, is now in a senior management position. Does her initial period of zero-hours contract count towards her overall length of…
Entire department moved to Eastern Europe - fair redundancy offer?
Hello, My company has decided to close down my entire department, and set up a new one from scratch in Eastern Europe. This will make me and everyone else in my department redundant when the transition period has been completed in June 2020 (which admittedly is a very fair notice period!). While this transition will be…
At risk of redundancy
Hi, Just some advice needed. Several
Settlement calculation for term-time employee.
When employed term-time only but paid worked weeks plus accrued holiday entitlement in 12 equal payments, what calculation is used to work out the weekly rate of pay to then calculate a settlement? Also, if the employee has been on long term sickness absence, are they entitled to the holiday pay accrued? Example (not…
Redundancy from school
Hi, quite new here and certainly new to all this redundancy lark. I was wondering if any of you had experience of redundancy in schools. I am taking advice from my Union but there seems to be a stalemate at the moment between Union and HR. I am support staff and as such am paid 39 weeks of the year + 25 days statutory…
Redundancy money for buying freehold & paying back parents?
Hello everyone, I've just been told I'm due to be made redundant in the next month. I'm due a decent payout (although I know it can quickly vanish!) and my instinct is to use some of it to clear some payments and put myself in a better situation long-term. My specific issues are these... I bought a new-build house two…
PILON Query
I've just been made aware during a TUPE process, that I'm likely to be made redundant on 1 Nov as my role does not exist in the new organisation. I'm aware that the PILON tax rules changed this year, but would appreciate a plain English clarification from those more clued up than me. Assuming no mention of PILON in my…
Pay rise during notice period
My notice period was extended by mutual agreement and a pay rise awarded. What salary should be used for calculating redundancy? The original salary when served notice or the higher salary that I will be getting paid up until the severance date?
Nhs possible redundancy
Hi everyone I’m currently working for the nhs where I’ve been arecords clerk for 14 years however over the course of this last 12 months we have been implementing digitalisation meaning no more health records The department has gone from around 120 to 40 since they got rid of 80 or so zero hour staff they had. Next month…
What are acceptable criteria for redundancy?
Can a criteria for redundancy be salary cost? i.e. If you are being paid above the market norm and above your colleagues? In addition, if your skills are not redundant (i.e. you could do other roles, but there are no other roles spare) but the specific role is then how does that work? Everything I have read seems to be…
Can I ask for other employees to be offered VR?
I have just received an "at risk" notice with consultation coming soon. I am the only one being made redundant in a small support department, but can understand that the role really isn't required. I am in a team of 6, of which I am the highest paid, and could do most of the other jobs in the team (some of them with more…

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