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Redundancy & redundancy planning

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My employer changed my redundancy criteria score after consultation
Like many of you, I am unfortunately at risk of redundancy and have had two consultation meetings to go through this with management. My work used a scoring matrix to decide who would be 'at risk' and my score was confirmed to me at both meetings. Since then, I have found out that management have lowered my score after the…
Additional Work Payments
Hi I hope someone can shed some light, I have been furloughed since the last week of March and although receiving 80% of my Salary at the end of May I normally receive a 13th month payment, this was paid and then deducted back, when i questioned it with my company I was just told the maximum they could claim was £2,500, I…
Devastating e-mail received
About an hour ago I received an e-mail from my boss that Firm has been closed down with effect from Monday and we cannot return to office. I work for a law firm and SRA informed him yesterday that they have made an intervention order. We (staff) had no idea that this was going to happen and has obvs come as a devastating…
Redundancy pay / accrued holiday
I have been on furlough since the beginning of April and not hopeful I will have a job to come back to as the job retention scheme begins to wind down. Last month, my employer asked us to book 2/3 of our annual leave by August to help manage the back log of untaken holiday otherwise we are at risk of losing these days for…
wage discrepancy
I am due to be made redundant soon and got a one to one meeting week after next. on checking my wages to try and work out my redundancy figures i realised i was been underpaid on checking with HR they admitted they had not increased my pay correctly when we had a pay rise they owed me £720 . This was paid last month. would…
Outstanding. Debt
Facing imminent redundancy should receive a total payment of around 19k. if I clear a car loan of 10k will I then receive some form of unemployment benefits or will they deem I have used this money irresponsibly ??
Restructuring Counter Proposal
The business I work for is currently going through a restructuring process. A selection of workload has been moved to sit with one individual. This workload is significant and will max out their workload twice fold. We showed this by listing tasks and the capacity it uses up by week. The businesses retort was that they…
Calculating PILON - On-call payments?
Hello - Our company is making a significant minority of us redundant in the coming weeks. I'm trying to work out what I may be due but struggling to find anything which covers the topic of on-call payments? The reason I ask is because currently I receive around £1,600 per month from on-call purposes, and have received over…
been made redundant
hi, found out a few days ago i am been made redundant. i have 9 weeks notice money taking me up to 9th september and then i will recieve my redundancy pay. If i were to start a new job now, would i then be classed as leaving my job and loose my notice money and redundancy payment. or should i wait til after 9th september…
Redundancy
Hi everyone, I am writing on behalf of a friend. The sports venue she has worked for for 20 years may have to close due to the current covid situation. If the company went into administration and they had no funds to pay redundancy, where would she stand? Many thanks in advance.
Garden leave notice on furlough removed
Was placed on furlough on 11 may 2020 Then from 1st June made redundant ending on 20th August 2020 (12 weeks notice)Told not expected to work notice period while furloughed unless asked to return to work if need arises Then on 11th July 2020 got letter saying no longer necessary for the company to make me redundant Offered…
Redundancy entitlement.....have we missed anything
Just wanted to check that we have not missed anything in potential redundancy One employee (coach driver/ 69) has worked for last 15 years (coach operator/ sole trader/ one vehicle / no other employees) No written contract of employment other than single page letter of introduction on joining company Currently furloughed…
Redundancy with 4+ years fixed term contract
I've been working at my current employer for over six year on a series of fixed term contracts which have been extended / renewed on a number of occasions. The work I have done has remained broadly the same for the past couple of years and on previous occasions employer has extended the FTC so I can continue to do the…
Notice pay
While off work with work related stress I agreed with my employer to terminate my employment through mutual consent. The company had a contract drawn up through their solicitor and my solicitor suggested I sign it. The contract stated my employment would terminate on 13/3/20 and I would then receive 12 weeks notice pay…
Offered new role in company or redundancy, advice needed
My company are restructuring and also want to make at least 6 redundancy. We all had the option to apply for any position in the company. I initially showed my interest and applied for a part time position while expressing at the time that as the role currently stood it wasn't suitable for me. I was under the impression…
Voluntary redundancy
Hi, I have been on furlough since April 2nd my employer has promoted me about taking voluntary redundancy on finally agreeing to this, he just happily took it after 20 of employment, I have to give 12 weeks notice which I had to tell him about and he sent me a package with an end of contract date being 28th July I told him…
Redundant - ex boss contacting other companies about me
Hi Everyone I have recently appealed a decision regarding my redundancy and received the letter today saying it had been rejected. In the letter, the person who dismissed the appeal (my soon to be ex MD) states that they have "consulted with other operators in the area" on my behalf to see if they were recruiting but…
Redundancy and PILON
Hi all Last week i was made redundant. When i was given my figures they were based on the statutory redundancy payment and during the meeting i was able to negotiate the redundancy to be made up to my actual earnings At 1st they said they couldnt do it because the maximum redundancy they can pay is the £580 per week…
PILON Question please help.
Hi , Really need help, I am in the process of being made redundant for big UK retailer. They are paying PILON , only on my contracted hours of 38 hour per week. I've done overtime since i've started in the company. Rota's would be done 12 weeks in advance with overtime already included in my scheduled hours, of work. Also…
Redundancy - Applicable Skills
Hi, Im looking for some advice on my potential redundancy situation. I am currently ‘at risk’ having gone through consultation no1 and I have been made aware of a skills matrix that my managers boss will complete and score my two colleagues and I on. It features various skills to determine who is safe and who will be made…

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