Redundancy & redundancy planning

Hiya, I worked for a care in the community company for 19 months 0 hour contract, my husband also worked there, the company was poorly run and the clients was not getting the correct care, myself and my husband whistleblew which resulted in a CQC inspection being carried out, the company management was the core of the…

My employer is starting Enhanced Voluntary Redundancy. Are you normally expected to work the same duration as your normal notice? Just wondering if you can be told to work for more months than your normal notice because you are getting more money.

My younger brother has a disciplinary hearing on Friday and the gross misconduct allegations -neglect of duty (covid measures related) are correct. We are expecting that he and his colleagues will be dismissed , 3 meetings one after the other. Fortunately he's not the first, so we will probably know his fate. Questions I…

Hi I was made redundant last week, company has gone into administration so we are having to get redundancy through the government my question if I start a new job straight away will it affect my receiving redundancy pay thanks.

Hi I'm very likely to be made redundant on 24th of this month due to job cuts in the company Rather than make us work the notice period they are doing payment in lieu of notice which is fine My main question is they have said it will be 12 weeks payment but my Contract stated 3 months and is about a weeks more salary ,so…

My ex employer has gone into liquidation and I received a letter last week from the liquidator with details on how to claim unpaid wages. I'm owed 2 months plus my statutory notice pay. I've submitted form RP1 using my CN reference provided by the liquidator. Does the Insolvency service pay out relatively quick? It says…

Hi all, I'm hoping someone might be able to help me out with this. I'm due to be made redundant from my company soon which would originally be after a 3 month notice period. I have instead asked my company to make me redundant after only 1 month which they have agreed to. They have informed me though, that because I would…

I am due to take VR and have been in talks with my employer about staying longer.. If I leave at the end of March 2021, then my payment will be made in next salary run which is mid-April. Will this count as earnings in the 2021/22 tax year or fall into 2022/23? Am worried that if all in this tax year I would lose a lot as…

Is it common practice for employers to expect staff leaving through voluntary redundancy to pay any LGPS strain costs out of their redundancy payment?

Hi, What would you do in this situation? For the last 10 yrs the small company I work for has just got smaller and smaller. In the 18 months before the pandemic, through sheer bad luck, the company lost 3 of its biggest clients. For the 3 months before the pandemic I did not have enough work to do and probably would have…

Hi there. I was wondering if you all could give me some advice regarding a possible claim for Constructive Dismissal following my being made redundant. So, the company I worked for has recently carried out a major re-structuring of one of it’s departments; the procedure that was to be followed is as follows:- 1) Employees…

Posting here as couldn't find a more appropriate heading to put it under. Please advise if there is a more appropriate place. I am likely to have my employment terminated soon due to an ongoing disability (following capability assessment). As such I will have 'Good leaver' status. I am part of the companies share incentive…

In September I will be made redundant. I have 3 months notice which would take me to December. My employer has stated if I wish to leave earlier I can agree in writing to waive the balance of my notice but I would still be liable for the tax and national insurance for this period and this will be deducted from my…

Hi all . Possibly up for redundancy in next couple off weeks. 😢. Will get a fair amount with 20 plus years service. Ashamed to admit we have around 29k credit card debt .I would like pay lump off whilst looking for new employment. But i have read this could still be classed as deprivation of capital. Surely getting debt…

Hi, I wonder if anyone can give me a bit of advice please? My firm recently offered voluntary redundancy, email was sent round stating there was a limited amount available, they called it severance rather than redundancy. There was a closing date for requests of 13/08 & a lot of people applied. Responses were given within…

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Hi, I am leaving on VR next month, and I understand that the first £30k will be tax free, but will this will be included in my 2021/22 tax year as income? thanks hall2056

 My husband was made redundant with no notice and has had to claim everything owed from the government. He is awaiting a hearing on his protected award claim no date as yet thou even thou its almost a year since he was made redundant. The company went under and PWC acting as administrators told all the creditors they would…

Hi, just looking for a bit of advice. I was made redundant in May, and my last wage as an employee was paid to me at the end of May. I have not entered new employment since. I am currently pregnant and because of my last working day being the day it was, I actually qualified for Statutory Maternity Pay. This is paid to me…

If I,ve worked 3 shifts for over 20yrs my monthly pay check included shift allowance. Why now we are being made redundant, is our redundancy pay worked out on just basic wage and not shift allowance? Without the allowance it wouldn't,t have been a living wage !!