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Can I request Furlough
Hi, my wife is 27 weeks pregnant and I’m scared of going into work and possibly catching virus and bringing it home with me. My work knows this but have not done anything to accommodate or help. I’m a machinist so can’t work from home, they have marked out tape areas around machines but we still have to share toilets,…
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Redundancy and New job delayed
Made redundant as of 31st March (not due to Covid-19) . I have managed to find a new job and due to start induction course (with the new company) on 6th April. Once induction is completed have been told it could be up to 3 months before I actually get to start due to covid-19, am I entitled to wages?
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Made redundant, no consultation - advice needed
I'd been employed with my company for 2yrs and 11months. On Feb 10th I started a sabbatical, due back to work 1st June. On 10th March I had an email asking me to go into the office the next day (no reason given as to why), which I was unable to do as I had prior family commitments. On 12th March I received a phone call…
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Redundancy agreement question
Hi, If you were made redundant and the agreement said you can't tell people you've been made redundant once it's been signed etc but you told everyone way before you signed the agreement and then they ask you about it, what do you do? Also, what happens if you send a goodbye email to colleagues, so they know you're leaving…
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Agency Workers Rights. Laid Off. Coronavirus.
I'm an agency worker and have had my assignment terminated as the hiring company reduced production due to the Coronavirus impact. Do I have any rights as an agency worker regarding being able to be put on furlough by my agency as I am still currently on retention with them for any future work? Has anyone else gone through…
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Made redundant today after 32 years
Sadly today i have been made redundant after over 30 years, I was intially offered a job within the company 90 mile round trip from my house, presently i am 2 miles from the site, I asked about cost towards fuel, travel time etc and was told no extra was offered. I am in the union and they have said that this offer is…
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Contract change - furloughing confused
I and a number of others at my workplace have been 'furloughed' and I've been provided with a contract to sign. I'm a bit confused as to how reasonable it is? It: Confirms I'll receive no more or less that 80% of wages. The company will cover it, but if it turns out for any reason that the amount they can get is less, it…
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Chancellors wages offer vs business take-up
My employer on Friday afternoon sent out a note asking myself and several other (in the hundreds) to take 2 months unpaid leave which is to be spread out over either 4 months at 50% pay or 6 months at 67% pay, depending on our preference. My employer is an airline and the reason given is that their planes would be…
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Furlough website not even up and running?
My employer gave us this option yesterday basically because things are a bit quiet so a few being off would give other workers a bit more to do. So me being in an at-risk group I took him up on the offer. When it came to put it through though he discovered the website is not even up and running so he scrapped that idea in…
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Girlfriend temporarily laid off AFTER 80% wage announcement
My girlfriend just found out she's been temporarily laid off, despite the government's wage announcement. I feel like I know what the answer is going to be but is there anything that can be done about it?Is there any reason anyone can think of why they've done this especically considering it's only a temporary lay off due…
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Can my employers refuse to furlough ?
About 30 seconds before Boris started talking tonight, i received an email from my hr department, a smaller version of eg Addison Lee. (Drivers pay rent to work with us therefore no work, less drivers paying rent, less income.. i've worked there 6 plus years) "It is with regret I have to write this letter, but as all of…
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Laid Off on Maternity Leave
Hello, I have been employed by a small family run B&B for about 12 years. Last year I went on maternity leave on the 1st July and was receiving my Statatory Maternity Pay without any problems - in fact I was getting more due to a tax refund! I was due to come back to work on the 13th April (the 40th week, so when the SMP…
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At Risk (of Redundancy) Letter, 20/03
Following an informal conversation on the same day from HR, I received a letter on Friday stating that I was at risk of Redundancy and that there would be a consultation. Given the subsequent announcement from the government concerning the new scheme to keep employees in employment during the epidemic, do I have any…
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statutory redundancy - can i claim it?
not sure if people help on this, but I cannot afford to pay a lawyer as they won't do it for "free" as it is a single question and answer sadly .... he refused in other words :( I have been working for 2 years and 3 months on a succession of 3 month duration contracts for the same employer. I was paid as an employee each…
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Redundancy Date Imminent - what are my options to invest wisely in these uncertain times?
Been given advanced warning of termination of contract redundancy date (June 2020), what responsible advise can people offer to invest wisely and any good to know advise anyone can give who have been through this trauma? Thanks
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Redundancy date moved forward by employer - help please?
Hi, hoping some of you knowledgeable people will be able to help with this. At the beginning of the year my work was asking for voluntary redundancy - due to the economic climate they were reducing everyone's hours and I couldn't survive on the little hours they were offering. It's a nursery school so the end of term is…
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Zero hour contract, job closure due to coronavirus
Hi, My partner has a zero hour contract in a small family run business in the retail sector. Due to coronavirus, the shop has shut and as a result, my partner is no longer being paid. This has put strain on our finances (I pay the majority of the bills like rent, utlilty bills etc) and we rely on my partners income for…
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Redundancy and CVA (not covid related)
Good afternoon In January I was notified that I was being made redundant with 30 days notice 2 days after a new owner had taken over the business. I was meant to be payed on Feb 20th as that was the day I officially left the company. On that day I received an letter stated the company was seeking to enter CVA and that I…
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Employee status and redundancy
Hello. My husband works for a small company of 4 employees under 2 brothers who own the business. It's a shop and may soon go under with the reduction in already limited custom, owing to Covid 19. He has worked for them for over 10 years and as far as I know has never been given a paper employment contract although in many…
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Sackings rather than redundancies?
Hi My partner has just been told that he is likely to be sacked, along with other colleagues, due to the Coronavirus. He has built over ten years' service in his workplace, and we were thinking at worst they may make redundancies, but this is much much worse for us. We are trying to get a copy of his contract, but he was…
