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Redundancy & redundancy planning

Archives for October 2020

Redundancy - unclear notice
Hello, On the 8th of October I was informed by my employer that I was being made redundant after having been on furlough since April. Their email was ambiguous as it did not give me a clear notice (I am entitled to 3 months' contractual notice), nor did it explicitly state that my redundancy was with immediate effect. My…
Redundancy Holiday Entitlement and Long term sickness
Hi all, I have a question, I've been told that if you are on a long term sickness your unused holidays accrue up to 3 years worth. I have two questions: 1. Is this true does the holiday entitlement actually accrue if so how much is it up to 3 years of annual leave ie. 28 days a year x3 if you have been off for 4 years ? 2.…
Redundancy - no information given to me, questions not answered/ignored long term sick leave.
Hi Guys, I have a complicated one. I have been working for the same company for over 12 years now, but for the last 3 years I have been off sick due to a very nasty cancer from which I'm still recovering. Just to give you some context I have never been late for any of my shifts over the 12 years of service and only took…
Furlough ? The 20% bit. Can this be claimed upon redundancy
HI, I am sure I have read that when you are made redundant, you company has to pay you the 20% that was deducted from your pay whilst furloughed. I think it was on this site, but am now having trouble finding it. Any help or advice on this would be great.
Redundancy
I was made redundant after 5 years on Wednesday had to return form by Friday, I went back in signed, my boss told me there were jobs available as sub contractor in building told me speak to there boss, he said yes I could have job and took details, said start following Monday, over the weekend my new boss said he'd had…
Redundancy consultation this week
Hi All, Hopefully someone will be able to help me with a redundancy question? After almost 7 years with my current employer, I am about to be made redundant (expected leave date is end of March next year). I completely understand why they have to make me redundant, there is no possibility of alternative employment within…
please help confused about future redundancy
I am a part time employee furloughed till end of furlough and a registered carer (with carers allowance) and had an email from employer (a charity) who asked me to to agree to use my holiday allowance after the end of furlough then they would either give us alternative jobs or keep us on paid anyway. I agreed to that and…
Redundancy date constantly gets pushed back, making it hard to accept/look for work post redundancy
I currently work for Coop insurance and was informed on 14th July that post a sale being approved by the PRA markerstudy group would no longer be requiring my services and making me redundant. This was officially confirmed early August and that the sale of the business was forecast to be made on the 17th August. On hearing…
Hand back cmpany laptop? Dilemma
Hi – I was recently made redundant from my company of 14 years due to COVID. They “phoenixed” the company – closed on Friday and opened on the following Monday under a new name – ditching their suppliers and staff leaving £13m of debt. The owner is a multi-millionaire. I claimed redundancy through the Insolvency Service,…
Disability acts
Hi all I’ve had my first consultation meeting and have found that 2.5 days coming back off a 5 months furlough I have to do scenario tests which will be points scored so the 3 people with the lowest score will be redundant. My concern is I’ve been off for 5 months where people who haven’t been furloughed have a much…
COVID redundancy and rehiring
I’d appreciate some thoughts on how I should proceed with this. I was furloughed in March along with a number of colleagues a day before the government announced the lockdown. In June a few of my colleagues were asked to return to work and at the beginning of July a small number of us were invited to consultation meetings…
Gardening leave
I've just been made redundant after going through the company selection process (ha... It was a mockery). Anyway, I've been informed of my redundancy package and as I've worked there 10 years, have been told I'm on ten weeks notice then will receive my redundancy payment. I spoke to the director who confirmed it was…
Some Advise Please.
Hello Everyone, I am going to be made redundant at the end of Nov. I have been working here for 27years and will get a nice pay out. Recently my pension scheme has been in touch and want to know if I want to take early retirement. My question is can I take redundancy and early retirement at the same time. Thank you for…
Advice please.
Good morning all and I hope everybody is safe and well. My question if I could kindly be advised is about the consultation process before imminent redundancy, I and others are being made redundant we have just passed Stage3 consultation and final decision is due next week and shall be made redundant Oct31st, what I ask…
Employer forcing use of Holiday Pay for enforced notice period
Following the last 7 months on furlough, my daughter has been advised that her job is no longer viable after 30th October and her contract will be terminated. Her contract states that the notice period is 4 weeks. She has been advised today that they will not be paying lieu of notice but using the holiday pay for this…
Redundancy Notice Period and Holiday Pay
Good Afternoon, I'm hoping someone could shed some light on my questions. 1) According to Gov.uk I should get a weeks notice for every year over two years with the company, so I have been there for 3 Years, so 3 weeks. We have been told that if made redundant, then our employment ends on 31st October, this was a general…
Are redundancy consultations confidential?
Hi All, hoping someone can advise on this matter. My company has announced a reorganisation, to which they have confirmed reducing 3 roles to 2 within my team. However, there are actually 5 roles which a same/similar in total. Within my consultation i questioned around why only 3 out of 5 roles have been placed in the…
Told to apply for voluntary redundancy
Hi there, my son has been called into work today and been told he is to be made redundant. He works for a hotel company and has been on furlough. He was called in today ahead of the group announcement tomorrow as they weren’t sure how he would respond - he is autistic. He was told the package (around a months pay) and…
Finding new employment whilst working 12 weeks notice
Hi, I'm currently furloughed part-time and was informed a couple of weeks ago that I have been selected for redundancy after nearly 20yrs of employment. Now I am in my notice period I'm getting full pay. I am currently only needed to go into work when requested - usually once a week!! I have been actively applying for jobs…
Redundancy question
My role went at work and I failed to get another role. My question is about my last day at work The email I got said "This means that you will be given notice that your current post is redundant." Does this mean that my last day is not the day I got this plus notice period but something else? I am in a tricky position…

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