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Notice pay deductions
Can I ask that if you are entitled to say twelve weeks notice pay and start a new job straight away would this affect what you should be owed? If you look on the government website all it states is any deductions from your notice pay would be from benefits that you have claimed or could have claimed during the notice…
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Tax on redundancy package
Ok so colleague is happy to leave with big package to retire Early and is delighted taper allowance is moved to higher level (so no longer a problem of pension contribution limitation). so to reduce tax on the severance pot, part is put in pension to 40k (and first 30k redundancy cash "is tax free) - but lots of tax still…
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Is untaken holiday payable after being made redundant?
Just been made redundant by my nasty bosses... I have a 2 month notice period on gardening leave which I am on now. I also have 10 days of untaken holiday which the company says will be deducted as part of my notice period, or I can take my holiday as part of my notice period (go figure), essentially meaning they will not…
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Job offer retracted due to coronavirus
I have one month left on my notice period and today received a call to say my job offer has been withdrawn due to this situation. Basically I will have to agree a notice extension with my current employer or hopefully find other work before then. My salary is below 25k and I am a single 25 yr old homeowner and I've worked…
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New job offer from current company withdrawn during redundancy notice period - what now?
I was made redundant in February with 12 weeks notice ending in May (due to length of service). During the notice period I was offered a new job with the same company and was due to start that role this week. They have now withdrawn the offer of the new role, so what happens now? Do I go back to the original notice period…
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Handed Notice in weeks before Covid-19 outbreak
I don’t know if anyone can help with this and apologies if it’s in the wrong thread subject; Mid-January I handed my notice in with work as end of May I was due to be moving to Canada on a 2 year working holiday visa and I thought it would be the ‘done thing’ to let work know in reasonable time, of my plans, so I gave them…
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Temporary lay off
Hi there, My partner received this news today. We're in shock about how the company can do this - the temporary nature of the lay off seems to mean she won't receive ANY redundancy money at all, so I don't understand how she can get support in the next few weeks. Any advice on the contents of this letter is much, much…
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Made redundant 2 days before 80% wage promise
Hi just looking for advice, I was made redundant with due to the company going bust (with no notice or pay ) 2 days before the government announced the 80% wage promise. I understand I am enitled to redundancy, money owed etc from the government but just wondered if anybody knows if this 80% wage promise may apply in…
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I was told I would be redundant in June, now they want to extend the date.. Can they?
Hello, I was wondering if anyone is able to offer some advise. I work at a large organisation, in February we were told individually (verbally) that our teams function was being moved to India at the end of June. If we could not find a role internally we would be offered a severance package. The business has asked us to…
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Furlough and then possible redundancy
A few of us have been furloughed in our company until June, and there is a chance our department may be shut down altogether thereafter. The company hasn't said so in so many words, but we haven't been very busy for the last few months anyway and its mostly people in that division that are on furlough. What happens in this…
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How much notice must I give to access the company redundancy policy?
Some say I'm being too over cautious but I'm just trying to plan for the worse case scenario. As the COVID19 started to become more and more prominent in the media myself and other colleagues in the office, Started wondering about the future of our business and what would happen if things went south. We discussed our…
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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…
