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Will my company loan automatically come off my redundancy
Hi I was made redundant in June and my employer put the company into liquidation, and we have never had any communication from the director since. When I filled out my redundancy claim from the government I was asked a question do you owe your employer any money. I answered yes a £3750 company loan for a car. This has…
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Maternity leave AND redundant - applying for jobs
Just looking for any helpful opinions! I am currently on maternity leave, and I will be made redundant at the end of this (I knew this pre mat leave). My mat leave ends soon, so I am starting to think about applying for jobs to start when it finishes. How should I show this on my CV? And how much should I mention in…
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Role Moved And Given To Someone Else - Advice Needed
Hi, First if all sorry, this has taken place over three years so to explain it is not a two minute job. I’ve been with the company I work for around 8 years and have worked my way up to a Senior Management position. In late 2016 I was asked to move on secondment out of my leadership role in the area of the business I…
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rules on voluntary redundancy payments
I am in a position where there is an opportunity to take voluntary redundancy due to a reorganisation which has resulted in my job no longer being needed. The organisation does not want compulsory redundancies and would prefer voluntary. Probably for the pension strain costs reason below. As I will be 59 at the leaving…
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Weekly Wage Cap?
Is it normal/acceptable/legal for a company to offer a redundancy package with 1 or 1.5 weeks pay per year of employment (depending on age) but add it will be up to a maximum of £XX per week regardless of amount actually earned?
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Calculating Weekly Wage
If you are being made redundant and your usual salary includes a sizeable commission element, is it usual for the weekly salary used in the multiplier calculation to be an average of say, 6 or 12 months including commission or is it just the basic salary that is used?
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Alternative role is identical to 'redundant' role; short deadline for decision
My friend has been told that her job role is redundant, but that she can apply (alongside others) for a newly created alternative role. What we find suspicious is that the new job is identical; 70% of the responsibilities listed are in her current role's job description, and the remaining 30% are duties she already carries…
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Moving to new company
Appreciate some advice please My company are going into voluntary liquidation and starting up again under a new name. A few of the staff including myself have been asked to more over to the new company. What happens about redundancy from the old company? Is it true that if they keep of 50% of the old staff the government…
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Challenging unfair dismissal
Hi. I have been given summary dismissal at my place of work. I want to challenge it at a tribunal if a lawyer thinks I have a chance. However, first of all, I have seven days for appeal at work against this decision. This is utterly pointless, as there is no due process there. I do not want to even step foot in the place…
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Position redundant and job title change
Hi All, first post and feeling a but muddled. On the 18th of July myself and my colleague had the dreaded meeting for voluntary redundancy. I work for the aviation industry as the Passenger Service Training Manager my colleague is the Aiside Training Manager. We were told of the normal 30 day period and also advised of the…
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When would redundancy be official?
Real life situation, with place holder dates for simplicity. Member of staff is placed at risk of redundancy on 1st January. Consultations take place over the next 8 weeks and formal 1 to 1 is on 1st March. Redundancy is confirmed to employee that their job role will end on 1st June. Employees last day of working is 1st…
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Sudden Change Of Redundancy Plans
Hi All, My site in a large company is closing. We were made aware of this a while ago and although some workers were informed that they would be leaving by the end of the year, the rest were not expected to leave until the end of next year. I'm a long serving member of over 30 years. I work in a team of 4, which is a…
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Redundant at 62.
Hi, I was made redundant in May after 20 years of loyal service. I was given 12 weeks paid notice and statuary redundancy pay. I am due to "sign on" in September. Jobs in my field are few and far between and at the tender age of 62 the future looks bleak. I have four years left on my mortgage ( about 25 k ). If I do manage…
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Work Place Pay Query + Settlement
Morning Worked in current role for 10 years. Full time employed After a bit of advice here got called into a meeting on the 17th to be told my area would be algimated with another and that a settlement agreement would be offered. I was then put on paid leave Duly contacted a soliciter in due course and on the basis of…
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Ex employer owes me money
Good afternoon, My ex employer closed the business and the last wages he paid to me he deducted me money that he shouldn t.I chase him after that and asked for the money and he told me the company is going to be insolvent and I have to wait for the insolvency company to contact me and pay me the money.Nobody contacted me…
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Redundancy Payment Service
Hi all My husband was made redundant on 14th June 2019 and we made a claim through the Redundancy Payment Service on 25th June 2019 of which we received an acknowledgment email the same day. We have heard nothing since, I've sent 3 emails and my husband has called the helpline number (03303310020) over 100 times, it has a…
