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Redundancy & redundancy planning

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Contemplating redundancy in a HEI
Hi Posting as a panicked newbie here... We have been offered the opportunity to apply for or voluntary leavers scheme and I have submitted a request to be considered (I don't have to sign it but after a bad day finally pressed the submit button!). The background is that I have been there 16 years, I am good at my job (I…
Redundant when pregnant: did your company honoured enhanced maternity pay?
Hi, My company is going through a large restructuration and I am about to be made redundant whilst pregnant. I qualify for SMP, but the enhanced maternity pay will not be offered and we will have to negotiate it. In order to build a case in our collective and individual consultation, I am trying to find examples of…
Redundancy
My partner has been told that they will be closing their site and all employees at that site will be made redundant. Their work will be 'integrated' into another site a few miles away. Should both sites be 'pooled' for redundancy?
Help and guidance needed please
My colleague and I received a phone call on 30.12.24 to say our shop was closing and we were being made redundant, letter then arrived by email also on 30.12.24 with redundancy package. I queried package offered as I believed the amount should be based on the average of 12 weeks pay prior to redundancy notice date. This…
Redundancy and a new job in the same sector?
Hi. Apologies for perhaps a stupid question. I've been made redundant this week as my employer is now insolvent. I'm optimistic I'll receive a redundancy payment in the next 8 weeks or whatever it is (hopefully sooner!). 'I've been told' that I may not be able to get a new position in the same or similar role/sector with a…
Lease car charges on return of vehicle after voluntary redundancy
Re-posting here as originally posted in Motoring category and was told this is more of an employment issue. Let me know if it's still in the wrong place please! :-) --------- Hi all, I recently left my job where I had a lease car through my employer. I am having to paying an early termination fee for exiting the lease 18…
I was an employed carer 1-1
Hi i just want know where i stand. So i was employed as a carer through a gentlemans solicitor the gentleman passed recently after 9 years of working with him 1-1. Obviously its sad and its never just about money i just want to make that clear i had a great fondness and cared greatly for this gentleman. I however was…
Redundancy payment on tax return
Hi. Wonder if anyone can help. Just put this on the tax forum but wonder if this is more appropriate. i received a redundancy payment in 23/24 tax year. My P45 shows this amount together with the tax I paid on it. £30k of the sum was tax free. I have already paid tax on the remaining amount via PAYE . Can anyone confirm…
Made redundant but not given CN code to claim
I was made redundant this week as the company can no longer afford to pay their employees and they are going into liquidation. Administrators attended and told us this should be completed by the 20th of this month and then we will get our CN numbers to make a claim for redundancy and loss of earnings as we are not getting…
Pool of 2, carrying on if I keep my job
I'm really struggling emotionally. Last Monday I was informed I was in a pool of 2 at risk of redundancy. Basically cutting 2 jobs down to 1. I have spent 2 years going out of my way to improve myself and I have improved many processes for the team. If I'm not chosen to leave, how do I carry on working for a manager who I…
Could ‘technically’ be made redundant🙄
Hi I work for a local authority in a team that is being restructured and this would upgrade all posts to the grade that I am below but currently acting up into. For months the team has known about this and for months been told by head of dept ‘there is nothing to worry about, no redundancies blah blah. Also the grades are…
Employer wants to backdate redundancy date
The company I work for has been struggling to win contracts this year and my employer has made me aware of this but has not explicitly stated I would need to be made redundant as we were still waiting to hear back on some bids. However last week she called me to say she would need to make me redundant. Because I had been…
Settlement agreement
Hi . I’m on from work over 9 yrs with disability. I’m on phi or income protection paid monthly thru my employer along with healthcare and pension. I had my yearly review with income insurance company and they broached the subject of a settlement exit figure as in who I be open to discussing. They have agreed that I’m…
Being made redundant with a Termination payment
Hope someone can advise. I am fortunate that I am to receive a Termination award/payment of about £8000. This plus the salary this year will not take me over the threshold to higher rate income tax. Is the lump sum essentially tax free and how do I declare it on a self-assessment form next year? I have seen something on…
Redundancy help and advice please
I have heard through the grapevine that I will be made redundant soon and the work I currently do will be transferred abroad. The manager who told me this on the quiet, is a friend and he is aware that i would be quite happy to be made redundant I am not too bothered I have been with the company for almost 30 years, I…
Settlement Agreement Query- follow up
Following on from my previous post on the Voluntary Redundancy application, I finally received the settlement agreement confirming that the application was accepted. It refers to enhanced compensation. In looking at the agreement however, I noticed something not quite right. Company seemed to have used the ACAS template.…
Sham redundancy
I would be grateful for your advice on the following situation. ACAS have been great at providing general advice but not answers to specific questions. My friend hasn't been a member of a TU long enough to be eligible for their help. My friend works in a reputable college providing learning support for students with…
Redundant from today question
So today i was made redundant the company i work for has gone into administration. I am 37 and have worked there 7 years so i will get 7 years redundancy. The administrators have told us we will get notice pay after the notice period if i don’t find another job. They have told us all to apply for jobseekers but i have…
PILON & pension payments
I’m leaving my employer of 20+ years under a settlement agreement. I’m getting 12 weeks PILON which is obviously taxable, as well as my settlement which is tax free up to £30k. I’ve asked my employer if I can pay some of the PILON into my pension and they’ve said they don’t offer this option. My question is, can they point…
Redundancy
Can anyone advise?? Back in August we at Homebase were told that Sainsbury’s were buying our store. So we have gone thru all the redundancy process, had our figures on what we are now getting, to be now told yesterday that Homebase is in administration and that we have to apply to the government for our statutory…

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