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Redundancy Date Confusion
Hi. Just a brief outline - I was informed last week that my position is at risk of redundancy. The company are centralising their accounts departments from being based at sites all over the country to one site 100 miles away from where I am based - so I am definitely losing my job. We've started consultation which will end…
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New to redundancy
Hi all, I just got informed yesterday that the retail shop I work in will be closing next month, I may be offered a role in another store but due to not driving and relying on public transport etc it isnt feasible for me as you have to be fully flexible in retail.So can anyone suggest any links to read etc about what I can…
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Redundancy and short term contract extension
My situation is quite complicated but hoping someone on here may be able to help me. I’ve contacted my union repeatedly for a week to try and get advice with no response. I work in the nhs and have five years continuous service. I’ve been employed by my current NHS organisation for just over a year but I’m on a fixed term…
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55 and out of work
I have recently been made redundant. At 55 years old and from a niche background it will be difficult to get a role in these market conditions. I will have cash assets of c.£200,000 once my payoff is received. I also have a pension pot of £380,000. My mortgage is £230,000 on a property valued at £430,000 with a monthly…
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PAYMENT IN LIEU OF NOTICE (PILON) QUERY
Hoping someone can help My wife is being made redundant as a result of a restructure that starts in April. She is aged 57 She will get redundancy and an unreduced pension She is entitled to 3 months notice. She could have been asked to work it, been put on garden leave but they have offered her the opportunity PILON to…
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Dismissal for long term sickness with a disability
Chronic illness class under Equality Act 2010 as disability and was off sick then shielding came in but was still sick so couldn't go back. However did tell them that I would be back when fit note ended but before I even got a chance they dismissed me. Have appealed as they never explored all reasonable adjustments, ie did…
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Redundancy - Zero Hours - Furlough
I have been on furlough for about a year. Prior to that I was working a regular 40 hours a week for a company and had been for several years. There is some doubt whether the company will re-open or note (I suspect not). The owners of the company have another unrelated business at a location 10 miles away. They have offered…
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Tax Free limit of £30k on Redundancy payments
I have been trying to find the answer to a simple question on this, but I can't seem to frame the question in a way which Google can home in on. The question is WHEN was the £30,000 limit last changed? It seems to have been stuck on £30,000 for many years. This seems to be a classic case of 'fiscal drag' helping the…
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Furlough/redundancy
Hi My sister and her colleague have been put into redundancy consultation by her employer, she worked through this recent lockdown whilst her colleague was furloughed, she is 60 years old so the chances of re-employment are limited in the current climate. My question is, can she request to be furloughed rather than work 3…
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Estoppel over payment
My husband developed Myasthenia Gravis and was finished from work due to this life long disease he was a bus driver his boss came to see him at home and said he should get medical severance plus 3 months notice pay she said she would get back to him with the amounts the following week she came to our home and wrote down…
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Redundancy and Protective Award
Hi, I was hoping if you would be so kind as to give me some advice if you can. I have surfed, contacted ACAS, CAB and more but each time I’m being told that they can’t advise me on what I’m asking. Basically, I was made redundant on 12/02/‘21 and I definitely fall in the bracket of claiming a Protective Award. My queries…
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Redundant March 21'
Quite a shock, though not totally surprising. I'll be redundant end of March, that's pension cont's almost gone, unless I find work. Approx 12 mths part time redundancy payment to be received. What is sensible way forward , I have M.S. 10years (not wheelchair yet) though did drop from full to part time dues to hospital…
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Help
My partner has been pulled in for his performance review for 2020. The has scored a 1 even though he has met all of his targets and the reason give was your emails are to long. He requested a grievance given he has done much more work that his role required and at no time in 2020 was his performance highlighted or…
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Made redundant on furlough
My sister in law has been made redundant whilst on furlough. She is expected to leave work on the 1st April. Here’s the part that confuses me - her employer have said she is not allowed to look for, nor apply for another job during this period otherwise she may have to “pay the furlough money back”. this sounds totally…
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Employment rights
My employer has created a freelance employment contract and will discontinued with my PAYE contract once the furlough scheme ends. My PAYE contract will end and I will be working as self employed with no redundancy pay out. I had to sign this alternative contract otherwise I will have nothing. Is this legal and can my…
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Furlough Scheme
Can somebody clear something up for me .If you put on furlough scheme as it stands you are not to work for your employer while scheme is running ,and if they ask you to you shouldn’t and in your rights do refuse. I ask this as they ask me to work. Is there another furlough called Flexi furlough that allows employers to…
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Redundancy and 30 hours free childcare
Hi there, I've recently been made redundant and my contract ended a couple of weeks ago, and I've got a child in nursery part time using the 30 hours free childcare offer. I'm confused about what I need to do about this and what my options are now. Key questions are: * Do I need to immediately tell the nursery/HMRC/the…
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Can an employer make permanent employees redundant and offer role to FTC employee?
Our consultation has just begun. There are 40 identical roles in what will be 32 available roles - so 8 redundancies. Of the 40, 8 are Fixed Term Contractors. From what I understand, they will be offered one of the 32 permanent roles. As part of consultation we were asked if we knew how to avoid redundancies. The above…
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39 week contract, redundancy, service anniversary coming up
I am in consultation regarding redundancy. Its a done deal. I am contracted to 39 weeks work at 28hrs per week, this is paid over 12 months but it states in contract that 13 weeks are 'unpaid leave'. My question is do they divide my annual income by 39 to get my weekly wage? They seem to think it should be divided by 52,…
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Unfair pooling and actions
I have currently been selected to be tupe into an out sourcer and I am currently in quite a heated confrontation with my current HR team. Now I am challenging the decision as I am a manager who looks after the team and does general high level activities. The job being offered is of a business analyst/developer role and I…
