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Redundancy & redundancy planning

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Layoff as an 'implied term'
Hi not strictly related to redundancy, but I think most likely this is a precursor to it happening. I have been with my employer for around 10 years now and they have asked me to sign a new contract as the company name is changing to LTD. within this new contract are several thing I disagree with one of which is an unpaid…
Student Loan Repayment after Redundancy - Scotland
I have been repaying my student loan at about £8-12 per month. I've just been made redundant and have my final payslip - Total of £11,100. £6500 of this is redundancy payment. Student loan of £463 has been deducted but I can't find out why it is so high or how it has been worked out. Citizens Advice can't help, and Student…
Redundancy
Hi guys ive been employed by the company for 6 years now. In August I was announced that my job role will now be redundant. I was due to leave the company on 14th September. 2 weeks prior to leaving I found another alternative role in the business. I went from permanent to fixed term. However being in my new role for 2…
Is this fair
Last week I got back to work base and was asked to have a ‘chat’ I was handed a 3 letters one ‘warning of possible redundancies’ which went on to say they needed to make ‘a’ redundancy. I was handed a scoring sheet, there are 6 people who do the same job as me, I was scored lowest out of 5, the 6th employee not on the…
Redundancy Consultation and Notice Peroid.
Was wondering when will my 3 month notice peroid begins.They will not ask me to work the notice,was informed about possibly redunancies late Wednesday,told this morning it will be me.Have the first consultation meeting with them on Monday afternoon.My question is,does the notice peroid start after all the consultations…
Redundancy with immediate effect - notice period
Hi everyone, new here so apologies if this is in the wrong area. Just after some advise. My husband has been employed by the same employer for 6 years. He was told in June they were looking at redundancy's due to drop in work and would hold consultations, he had two meetings and at the second was told he was safe. He then…
Redundancy and mental health
I was made redundant from my job earlier this year. Obviously a bit shocking but to be expected as I did very little from day one (not my choice). Anyway I tried to tell HR about my mental health a couple of months after starting the job - I wasn’t asking for reasonable adjustments, just what the company policy is (I was…
Appealing Redundancy
Can you appeal redundancy during the consultation period, and does appealing it actually change the date you become redundant?
Entitled to redundancy pay?
A friend of mine is about to be made redundant. She started employment on 11th October 2018. She received her ‘at risk letter on 27th August’ and her notice period is one month. I am aware that you have to be employed for two years for redundancy pay but as it is a large employer, I would imagine the 45 day consultation…
Redundancy & Preferential Treatment Maternity
I currently work for a company that has announced redundancies for over 200 staff across the UK and has implemented the collective redundancy process. The new structure for our particular office proposes the removal of several staff at various grades, i.e. office administrators, managers etc to be replaced by two newly…
Redundancy pay?- offered a new contract but already have another job
Hello, Hoping for some advice. I was informed at the beginning of July (through a formal redundancy process) that my current contract would not be renewed when it expired on 30th September. I had been in my job for 2.5 years when I was advised of the upcoming redundancy. I set about applying for jobs and was offered a job…
End of fixed term contract, do employers need to give me redundancy notice?
My fixed term contract states that it is only for a period of a year and that my job is linked to a project that only runs for one year. It ends on 31st August. I am pretty sure that my contract won't be renewed as a recent email implied that my last pay date will be at the end of July. Do my employers have to give me…
Possible redundancy and alternative job offer
Hi, My partner was advised on Monday by his employer that they will be closing the business (they have another site in another town) and they are looking at possible redundancies. My partner was the manager of the closing branch and there is a manager at the other branch, but obviously only one position available. My…
Help
Hi there, i have been made redundant recently and I have been offered a job with a new company with the same industry. They do not offer the same services and as one works with domestic customer and the other new build. I wanted to see if that would be classed as a competitor and would affect my redundancy.
Potential Redundancy but biased scoresheet?
Hello and thanks for helping. I will try and keep this to the point. Been with my company for 4 years, nearly 5. 9 months ago handed in my notice for another job for substantial pay increase. Technical director offered the same pay if I stayed which was an £8000 a year raise. I accepted (regretfully now). Been on furlough…
Made redundant, worried ..what next ?
Hi all , well unfortunately last Friday I was made redundant I’m an engineer. ive been told I will get my redundancy on 28th and they will pay notice period, I’ve been there 2 years so get over a £1000 and some holiday owed. I’ve never lost my job before... so I’m asking what should I do as I’m worried. Financially it…
Redundancy pay entitlement when no work offered.
Hi my employer has advised me that they would like me to take unpaid leave they are calling it a Winter Break With no hours .With this in mind I presume I can after 4 weeks apply for redundancy as an option if I wish to as no work likely for most of the Winter I feel I have to be careful on this as if I accept the break…
Holiday Pay.
Hello everyone. I desperately need advice about Current employment situation. Recently I've received my wages and noticed it is all wrong. The company I work for they have put me on furlough. So I get usual 80%. But they don't pay me 80% as by my contracted hours. They pay me as what I've earned last year. Here's two…
Contract query
Hi I'm about to be made redundant but noticed this on my newest contract. I have been with the company for 18 years 10 months so I'm going to lose a lot of redundancy if they go off this contract is there anyway of getting my full years or not?
Made redundant without consultation
Good evening, i have a situation that I am hoping to have some help with. Will keep it as concise as possible: About 85 of us work for a large US retailer who went into bankruptcy during April 2020, filing for chapter 11 in the US. The hearing was scheduled for August 25th 2020. We had anticipated that after the initial 3…

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