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Company relocation and redundancy.
The site I work at is closing due to being relocated. We have all been told we are being made redundant with no offer of a job at the new site and are now on our notice period.The site move is to a different area and the distance would have been an issue for some but nobody was given the option of moving or commuting.My…
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Company closing site....urgent advice needed please
Background information.05/01/21 - Was informed Company is closing site I work at in April and said I (and my colleagues) have to transfer to a new site just over 15 miles away or leave the company, and "redundancies are not an option."13/01/21 - Had one on one meeting with manager and a union rep in attendance (at the…
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How do Bank Holidays form part of my pro rata holiday entitlement?
I've been working for a local supermarket and I'm due to be made redundant. I have been told that I will receive my owed holidays, which I am free to take during my notice period; otherwise, they're happy to pay me for them instead. I want to make sure that the number of days they provide me with is accurate, and that I…
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Questions about my Redundancy Package
Hi, I was made redundant just over a week ago from a large IT services company after 7.5 years service. They provided me with details about the redundancy package on the final telephone meeting I had with them at 4pm of the last day when the redundancy was confirmed. I had asked them a week in advance what the redundancy…
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Tax on redundancy payment
Hi All. I'm going to be made redundant next month. I will receive about £70k. I know the first £30k is tax-free but wondered at what the remainder will be taxed at. I am a higher rate tax payer but wondered if, as we are only a month into the tax year and therefore the total payment plus salary received to date would put…
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Notice of "At Risk of Redundancy" - Questions I have
I am a highly specialised engineer and after 27years of being employed by the same company I have been put on notice of pending redundancy as a cost cutting exercise. My employer has given me a enhanced settlement and a agreement to review. They will start the start the consultation process in two days but they have said…
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Contract change can I ask for redundancy
I have been furloughed since April 2020. I was then on flexi furlough and work 3 days a week and furloughed for 2. My employer has changed my contract to say as of 1st July I will be employed 3 days not 5 and no more furlough. I have signed this a week ago. Can I ask for redundancy?
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Redundancy and National Insurance
Hello, I have been made redundant and plan on taking early retirement. I can claim my work pension as of now, but plan to do this next year as I can survive on my redundancy payment for 1 year. I have paid 40 years full contributions of National Insurance without any gaps, but want to know if I need to continue to pay it…
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Redundant and benefits
Hi all, I was made redundant last August but due to being pregnant at the time, my maternity was protected and my employer has been paying it since. I am due my final payment in June and my redundancy pay will follow. My question is, we are still on the old system of tax credits rather than universal credits and I can't…
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Voluntary redundancy
I was declined volontary redundancy from the store I was working in. The reasons were I had all the qualities to take the business forward, since then Ive worked a month over Xmas put back on furlough them moved to another store! Is it legal to decline a member of staff then transfer them to another store?
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Change of contracts but I want to quit, can I not sign and be made redundant?
Hi folks! I've been working for a company full time for 4 years now, but I want to quit and go freelance for a while. As it happens, since the company was acquired a year ago we're going through a change of contracts for everyone in the acquired bit. I heard that if I simply don't sign the new contract, I'll have to be…
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LGPS and voluntary redundancy
Hello There is a shortfall of employees wanting to take voluntary redundancy so the process will escalate to compulsory if not enough people come forward. I have been told by managers that I could be "too expensive" to let go ( I take it they mean the pension strain cost ) My question/query is - Am I entitled to voluntary…
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My contract has expired but my employer won't recognise redundancy
I have worked fulltime for my employer for 6 years. Due to financial difficulties due to Covid19 I agreed to a temporary 50% paycut for 6 months and she gave me a temporary contract to work at home which expired 2 weeks ago. (The contract says that should I be made redundant I will have to work 3 months notice on full pay…
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Job offer - title change
Hi all, I have just been offered a job in Business Development. The role I applied for and went through 4 rounds of interviews for was that of “Business Development Manager” but when the contract came through, the role was listed as “Business Development Specialist”. The job is with a large company but I will be the only…
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Not offered redundancy (I think wrongly), resigned
Hi everyone I've been employed for more than 2 years on a fixed term contract. My contract was due to end 31/03/2021 but was extended for 2 months to 31/05/2021 with a view to extending it more long term pending finance approval. In that time, I was worried about the contract not getting extended again so I looked for…
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Redundancy Enhanced Offer and using salary sacrifice
I have an enhanced offer which is comprised of PILON (£15k) and compensation for loss of employment (£45k). My understanding is that £30k will be tax free but can I have my employer direct the remaining into my SIPP pension up to the £40k limit - new tax year? They currently do do this with my salary and add the 13.8% that…
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Redundancy - How is PILON effected specifically by a new job on lower wages
My employer went into liquidation and we were all made redundant with immediate effect. I was very fortunate in being able to find a new job almost immediately and started work at my new employer just 12 days later. My question is on how this will effect statutory PILON from the RPO. I know it's mentioned that "If you…
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Unfair treatment at work
Hi everyone I have a situation at work that I just don't know how to resolve. I'm not sure if I'm putting this thread in the most appropriate section of the forum. Apologies if not. This is a slightly long story, but I'll try to keep it as short as possible. I've been working for my employer since 2013, and for personal…
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Tax on Severance - Overseas Service Foreign tax relief?
I have recently been made redundant/severanced and my settlement contained full deduction of taxes on the amount over the 30K tax free threshold. My question to anybody in the know and willing to share is am I able to reclaim tax given I have worked 17 of the last 20 years overseas and outwith the UK? I thought I had read…
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Redundancy
I am being made redundant soon. I do have a MPPI. If i can not find another job will this effect my Job seekers benefits or will it make me not entitled to claim
