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Is paid notice the same as redundancy pay
Whilst on furlough, on
the 30th April I have been told my position is being made redundant on 30th
June after 9.5 years service, the letter stated 'under your contract of
employment you are entitled to nine weeks' notice. They said you are not
expected to attend work during your notice period. You will be placed…
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Legal? Social media clause in redundancy
So a friend of mine has been sent this, I’ve redacted the name of the company. I’d just like to know if this is actually okay?! Surely it’s not legal to sack someone on the grounds of what someone else says online? I understand that if the employee themselves was to post something negative online, that would be grounds for…
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Zero Hours
Hi I am new to the forums. I have been working as Zero Hours for 12 years for a company and when the lockdown started I had to fight for furlough. I work from home booking work out for them, however I have had pay for the last 12 years every month. Now the company has made all the field team that I deal with redundant, and…
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Furlough/ notice
Just before lockdown I was in discussions with my employer about a standard redundancy package as both parties agreed it wasn’t working. Then lockdown arrives and am correctly furloughed. I managed to get another job and had the job offer on May 15 ( with a start date of 15 th June ) . As a redundancy package was discussed…
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Redundancy question
Hello all I'll try keep this short. My full-time job of 15 years is now no longer full-time and as such my contract will come to an end , and as such I've been offered redundancy ( my job in full-time is redundant ) in this scenario I take my money all ok , and claim mortgage repayment insurance from my policy holder for a…
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End of fixed term contract, do employers need to give me redundancy notice?
My fixed term contract states that it is only for a period of a year and that my job is linked to a project that only runs for one year. It ends on 31st August. I am pretty sure that my contract won't be renewed as a recent email implied that my last pay date will be at the end of July. Do my employers have to give me…
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FTE / Part Time Redundancy Questio
My organisation is reducing headcount in their stores due to the lower demands of the business. I am the only part time employee in our store, working 0.7 FTE. We need to lose 1.7 FTE headcount. Does this mean it would automatically be me who has to go? How can they dismiss 1.7 otherwise? Would the look at the remaining…
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Dismissal letter received - some questions
Hi Well after one meeting with an external HR company who were appointed by my employers, i have been selected for redundancy as my "position is no longer required in the current climate". Letter received, on notice straight away and a finish date at the end of July. In my meeting, i asked re selection criteria etc and was…
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Redundancy and counter notice
I recently handed in my notice of intention to claim redundancy after being laid off for 4 continuous weeks. The company I work for have contacted me and they say they intend to counter notice the claim and guarantee me 13 weeks of consecutive work which as a result of a counter notice they are lawfully obliged to do. My…
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Accepting another job whilst being made redundant.
I am currently being furloughed and have been told that I am now being made redundant. I am due to receive my notice on the 31st July. Can I accept/start a job with another company in the meantime without it affecting my redundancy pay?
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Redundancy affected by furlough
Dear MSE I wonder if you can advise me. My sister in law is being made redundant after being on furlough. The redundancy payment she is getting will be less than she was expecting. The explanation given by her company is that her redundancy payment is calculated on her last 12 weeks pay and they are using a loophole in the…
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Redundancy before Retention Bonus Paid
Hello, I work for a company that was taken over a year and a half back and as part of the take over we were to be paid two retention bonus payments. The first (Small) was paid at the stated one year mark and the other (large) is due to be paid in October. Now the company is making a large pool of redundancies as of August,…
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Forced to use up holiday entitlement, then made redundant.
My employer put me on the furlough scheme at the beginning of April. On 28 May I received a letter informing me that I would be remaining on the scheme throughout the summer and possibly until the scheme ends in October. On 5 June I received a request from my company asking me to take 13 days holiday between the 1 and 24…
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Was being made redundant, now work has returned...Still being made redundant!
I'll try to give as much info as possible here. I've worked for a ground handling company at a major airport for 7 years. As the Airline we service was not planing on returning until 2021, we was all given notice of redundancy a week ago. We all understood so no problem. How ever, last week, the airline had announced a…
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universal credit and redundancy
Hi, the company I worked for went into administration on March 27th, four days before payday (monthly). I had no income from the end of Feb until my first universal credit payment in May. I received that and then, during May, I got a redundancy payment of £1500 which was less than half a months wage. I was then not given…
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Need some advice on pay in lieu of notice
Can somebody give me some advice please? My husbands company were asking for voluntary redundancy’s so my husband asked for a quote and based on this he accepted it. The quote showed both redundancy pay and 3 months pay in lieu of notice with his leave date being end of June. As my husband is highly skilled in his area,…
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Can I be made redundant and then replaced?
I have been issued a potential redundancy letter. I've been working as an 'accounts assistant' for the company for 18 months. Been told that my role is no longer needed and that they now need a 'payroll specialist', which I am not. A week after receiving this letter I discover they have hired a new 'accounts assistant' in…
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Redundancy and holiday pay
Hi ive just been informed by my boss that our barber shop is not going to reopen and the 26th June will be our last pay day. He said there will no redundancy and no holiday pay due to lack of funds.i have worked there nearly 6 years doing 20 hours per week, can this be correct??. cheers kevin.
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Apprentice rights with being made redundant.
Hi All, I currently work as an apprentice for a large company and I’ve been at the company for around 4 years. I’m currently studying at uni part time which is paid for out of the apprenticeship levy. I have around 4 years until I’m qualified but it looks likely that I am going to get maid redundant unfortunately. The…
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Voluntary Redundancy and effect on Universal Credit
I understand the implications of Redundancy on savings and benefits but could someone please enlighten me as to the effect if i were to take Voluntary Redundancy ( approx. £15K )
