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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…
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Lieu of Notice / Cmpany Car
Hi Does anyone know or have expereince of being made redundant where I have been given 3-months salary in lieu of notice and so wondered whether I am by right allowed to keep my company car as my company has not offered any compensation for returning my car on 31st March instead of after the 3-month notice priod
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Redundancy & Benefits
Morning All, Appologies if this has been asked, I have tried to search but seem to be going around in circles. I have 2 questions. I was made redunant last Friday (Friday 12th February) as the company I worked for went into administartion. The appointed administartors told us we needed to apply for Job Seekers allowance or…
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Redundant in April
I am being made redundant on April 9th, I’m 53 with 35 years service, my payout I am considering taking the £30k tax free and paying the remainder into my pension, if I do this is it tax free as someone has said. If I take any over £30k does it go against next years earnings as someone has said the first £12k is tax free…
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Redundancy/Early Release Query
Good Morning, I have had my 2nd and final consultation this morning regarding redundancy, i have been at the company 3.5 years, so i have 3 weeks notice period to do, and will have accrued 5 day holiday to be paid in part of notice period, I've been told my redundancy will take effect from 5.3.21. My redundancy will be…
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Employment Tribunal where the Respondent fails to submit an evidence bundle
This discussion was created from comments split from: Redundancy and tribunal judgement.
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Redundancy and long term ill health
I have been signed off with ill health since feb 2020. I have now been advised my team are being made redundant. I have exhausted statutory sick pay and have received no salary since September 2020. 1 How will my redundancy pay be calculated, will I not get any because I am not receiving any salary? Also my contract does…
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Furloughed on 20% told to work full time for notice period
Hi all, I have been on furlough since April last year. My employer has regularly tried to 'encourage me' to complete work in my own time, outside my paid 20% in order to get the work completed. I have recently been told, without consultation or any real explanation beyond 'cost saving' that I am to be made redundant at the…
