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Redundancy of hours and academic salary spread over whole year
Hi All I have had some of my working hours made redundant. I am dropping from 20 hours to 12 hours. I work in a school but I am paid every month, even through the holidays, my hours for the year are added together and then divided by 12 and I am paid that figure monthly. There is no choice about this and it wasn't a…
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Urgent Advice Needed Please :(
Hi All, Hope someone can give me some advice, as my heads spinning at the moment. Ive have 3 Loans (Unsecured) and a few Credit Cards and ive never missed a payment for all these years ive had them. But i am to be made Redunant on Wednessday :( ...... so i will have no income comming in........ i really dont know what to…
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Appeal hearing - what to expect?
I have appealed my redundancy on the grounds that I was unfairly selected. To cut a long story short I was made redundant after maternity leave but someone else is doing my job so there should have been a selection pool but there wasn't. My job is therefore not redundant and an assessment should have taken place. ACAS…
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Appealing redundancy
Do I need to appeal against a redudancy notice before claiming unfair dismissal? My redundancy letter is from one director and it says I can appeal but to the other director - surely the appeal should go to the director who sent the final notice? Thanks for any advice.
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Redundancy. Vacany in similar but lower grade job in another team
Along with 60 odd others, I am going to be made redundant from my current role. However there is a vacany in same company but another team which is quite similar to my current role, except the role is a grade lower than what i am right now. However I got promoted in my current role last year without a payrise. So apart…
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Voluntary Severance & Maternity Leave
Hello, My first post...and it's a complicated one! My wife has just been offered Voluntary Severance from her job - the amount is one years salary. She is currently 6 months in to a 12 month spell of maternity leave. The offer is 36k. From the letter, the first 30k is tax free, but the rest is "subject to tax in accordance…
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Being made redundant but need advise.
I really hope someone can help me, I have tried to outline my situation as clearly and briefly as possible. I have been told my job will go the 2nd July but not had any letters or a consultancy yet, so I need this info ready for when I do. I work for a big company that has lots of depots and lots of different contracts. 2…
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Possible Redundancy looming - employers withholding info ?
Hope anyone out there may be able to offer some advice please. There is the real possibility of redundancy looming , albeit maybe in a year or slightly less time. How does an employee stand , if at all, if direct management , and including some higher up the chain, don't tell staff everything they know ? I realise that…
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Advice...please!
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Tax and NI on enhanced element of redundancy pay?
Statutory redundancy is tax/NI free but I've been told that I have to pay tax/NI on the enhanced element of my redundancy money (which doubles what would have beenthe statutory payment). Anyone know if this is correct? Not ALL my redundancy tax/NI free then? Can't find the right section on the Directgov site to clarify…
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redundency pool?
hi my husband has been chosen for a pool of redundencies. his employers are using a points system where employees of giving points for certain things like, attendence, finishing tasks when asked, certain areas of the work, being able to run a crew etc...... he has been there 8 yrs and has quite a number of points however…
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Sexual discrimination/equal pay issue
my wife is being treated terribly in work and is now threatened with redundancy. a quick overview: wife has been employed for 4 years as a H&S advisor in a construction co. she was employed after obtaining her NEBOSH cert. after 2 years her direct manager left and was replaced with an old timer who really hadnt a clue.…
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Dismissal due to poor eyesight?
Hello all, need some advise on whether my employer has the right to dismiss me, or whether I can ask for a redundancy package due to eyesight problems? Long story short, I am/was a Graphic Designer and had laser surgery on my eyes 2 months ago to cure short sightedness. The surgery has left me with vision problems that…
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How long can they legally 'lay you off'?
My OH is a Field Service Engineer and he was laid off y'day and sent home... They couldn't tell him how long he'd be laid off but he is paid per hour so no work = no pay ... how long can he be laid off until they have to legally declare him as redundant? Can't believe this has happened again ... he was made redundant about…
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Redundancy ... help!
Hi, I am hoping someone can advise. My job role has been made redundant and I was given options of other roles that the new structure ‘proposes’. There also was an option of applying for voluntary redundancy if I did not want to re-apply for the available jobs. I applied for VR and it has been accepted. The 90-day…
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Redundancy and Tax
Hi, I hope someone can help me with regards to the tax that I've paid on my redundancy payment and that I will pay during this tax year. I have recently been made redundant and received my redundancy pay a week ago. My P45 has arrived today with a covering letter that says "any payments made after your leave date will be…
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Pension and Job Seekers
Hi, as a result of being unemployed I have explored taking my private pension early. It's not much but someone warned me that once a pension starts to pay out you can't then go seek income support or job seekers allowance ever again. Is this true?. Currently not claiming JSA etc. Could someone advise please. Thanks
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Literally JUST been told I'm being made redundant
Hey, In Week two of our consultation period and have just been told that after a review of the selection pools, I am still at risk (those who are going to be kept have been taken off the "at risk" list). However, I am going to appeal against the scoring and decision. Partly based on the moral grounds but partly because I…
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Redundancy on Maternity leave advise please
Apologies for the long post but I could do with some advise. Last year only a few days before my due date I was requested to attend a meeting at work. At this meeting it was announced that one full time position in my role would be made redundant. I job shared with someone. Three days later at a seperate meeting I was told…
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Replace employee with volunteer?
Can a charity make an employee redundant and cover his duties using a volunteer, or perhaps 2-3 volunteers, each on different days? The post has not changed, in that the work still has to be done.