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Redundancy & redundancy planning

Archives for September 2020

Student loan repayment
Hi I'll start by apologizing if this is in the wrong forum. My wife who is 7 months pregnant has recently been made redundant and received her last month's wage in full and the full statutory maternity pay in one lump sum from her employer. This lump sum has triggered a payment for more than 600 pounds towards her student…
Full time salary changing to commission only to avoid redundancy
Hi, I’m hoping for some advice please… I’m in fulltime employment (in sales) but am currently on furlough. As my employer has very little income he has discussed redundancy with me but also offered an alternative plan for me to consider… that as of November, I work on a commission only basis with no salary. This will mean…
Redundancy Tax/Benefits Planning
Dear SMEers, I have the possibility of redundancy and given the current situation I am taking a very prudent view of new employment opportunities. I am 50 years old and a higher rate tax payer and I have been offered a 6-figure sum - more than enough to pay off my remaining mortgage. As I am on a 2 year fix, my initial…
Civves and an MOD redundancy - an unusual read.....
5 civilian personnel in work are employed by a civilian company contracted to the MOD. The 5 of us are in Lue of soldiers (and cheaper), but the Squadron is disbanding. The solders are being posted away and the 5 civvies have been given verbal confirmation that we will be made redundant as of 31st Dec. We have yet to…
Redundancy pay
Hi So I was put on furlough by my employer when lockdown happened and then was put on the redundancy consultation and then told in June that I would be made redundant. I got my letter confirming my redundancy on 19th June and that I would be paid until the end of furlough on 31st July. I then got paid my redundancy money.…
Tax implications of completing freelance work during redundancy notice period, sole trader set-up
Hi hoping you can help. I was made redundant on 21st Aug with a notice period of 1 month which was complete by the 21st September. I was lucky enough to secure a freelance contract very quickly which I started work on at the beginning of September and have done 1 months work (112 hrs) which I now need to invoice for. To do…
Very confused on final payment
So I should of received my VR payment into my account today. Nothing. last week I received an email stating: “I can confirm that your final total redundancy payment is made up as follows: Redundancy pay of £5,380.94 Notice pay of £3,244.92 (PILON amount)” I got paid 1270. No other ex colleague had an issue with payment (we…
Student Loan Repayment after Redundancy - Scotland
I have been repaying my student loan at about £8-12 per month. I've just been made redundant and have my final payslip - Total of £11,100. £6500 of this is redundancy payment. Student loan of £463 has been deducted but I can't find out why it is so high or how it has been worked out. Citizens Advice can't help, and Student…
Redundancy and mental health
I was made redundant from my job earlier this year. Obviously a bit shocking but to be expected as I did very little from day one (not my choice). Anyway I tried to tell HR about my mental health a couple of months after starting the job - I wasn’t asking for reasonable adjustments, just what the company policy is (I was…
Redundancy
Hi guys ive been employed by the company for 6 years now. In August I was announced that my job role will now be redundant. I was due to leave the company on 14th September. 2 weeks prior to leaving I found another alternative role in the business. I went from permanent to fixed term. However being in my new role for 2…
Redundancy after shared parental leave
Hi all, I am coming to the end of shared parental leave and now am facing redundancy. I have read up about redundancy during SPL and the extra rights afforded to me, however I think my employer has found a way around this. I am currently on consultation for potential redundancy and still on shared parental leave. However…
Will I be bottom of the pile when applying for an internal job while a consultation is happening?
Hi all. So sadly my company are having a consultation and it is sad as some very good people will leave. However, I’ve been working toward a role and been on a secondment in a certain role, which I always knew I’d need to apply for. But now in this new world a colleague will apply for this job who is just applying for it…
Help
Hi there, i have been made redundant recently and I have been offered a job with a new company with the same industry. They do not offer the same services and as one works with domestic customer and the other new build. I wanted to see if that would be classed as a competitor and would affect my redundancy.
Potential Redundancy but biased scoresheet?
Hello and thanks for helping. I will try and keep this to the point. Been with my company for 4 years, nearly 5. 9 months ago handed in my notice for another job for substantial pay increase. Technical director offered the same pay if I stayed which was an £8000 a year raise. I accepted (regretfully now). Been on furlough…
Is there a timescale in which my ex employer needs to respond to my redundancy appeal hearing?
Ive posted a few times over my redundancy so hopefully keep this quick as just trying to work out if there are official guidelines on timescales I can request or if I am missing any important ACAS deadlines as it drags on - I was made redundant on the 20 August, the same day I submitted my formal appeal request. I had the…
Made redundant, worried ..what next ?
Hi all , well unfortunately last Friday I was made redundant I’m an engineer. ive been told I will get my redundancy on 28th and they will pay notice period, I’ve been there 2 years so get over a £1000 and some holiday owed. I’ve never lost my job before... so I’m asking what should I do as I’m worried. Financially it…
Layoff as an 'implied term'
Hi not strictly related to redundancy, but I think most likely this is a precursor to it happening. I have been with my employer for around 10 years now and they have asked me to sign a new contract as the company name is changing to LTD. within this new contract are several thing I disagree with one of which is an unpaid…
Made redundant without consultation
Good evening, i have a situation that I am hoping to have some help with. Will keep it as concise as possible: About 85 of us work for a large US retailer who went into bankruptcy during April 2020, filing for chapter 11 in the US. The hearing was scheduled for August 25th 2020. We had anticipated that after the initial 3…
Contract query
Hi I'm about to be made redundant but noticed this on my newest contract. I have been with the company for 18 years 10 months so I'm going to lose a lot of redundancy if they go off this contract is there anyway of getting my full years or not?
Redundancy pay entitlement when no work offered.
Hi my employer has advised me that they would like me to take unpaid leave they are calling it a Winter Break With no hours .With this in mind I presume I can after 4 weeks apply for redundancy as an option if I wish to as no work likely for most of the Winter I feel I have to be careful on this as if I accept the break…

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