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Voluntary Redundancy and new job offer at the same time
Last Friday I was informed my role was at risk and I could also put my name forward for VR. I was told I was going into a consultation process which will last for 30 days. At pretty much the same time I received a phone call from a prospective new employer wanting to arrange job interview for a new role. Its a totally…
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Being made redundant
Good morning can anyone help me please I was told last week I will be being made redundant at the end if the month when I asked how does my redundancy pay work I got told as I have 4 weeks notice I dont get any redundancy pay is this right can any one help please I did look on the Gov page but the way thaybword things…
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Help on time limits for Redundancy
Hello there I hope someone can reply to this question. I have just realised that when I was made redundant from a job in 2015 after 6 years of continuous employment, they did not include payment of untaken leave, which I know now I was entitled to. I read on the acas website that you have 6 months time to make a claim from…
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Any guidance please...
My husband was informed on the 14th October that due to operational reasons they were proposing redundancy to several departments and other offices in the UK. His whole entire team (apart from management who somehow have had their roles secured) have now entered the 30 day consultation period but other than that we are…
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Any advice on this situation?
Morning all. I wonder if anyone could offer advice on this situation which my brother in law is in. He works in a local government job and his area is being restructured from a department with a large brief to three with narrower, more specific functions. At present he holds the job title of Principal Project Manager. He…
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Returning car after redundancy
Hi there, I was made redundant last week and my redundancy letter states I have to return the company car etc on of before the 20th of this month. The options they have given me is to take it to the head office (5 hours away) or a satellite office (3 hours drive away) Both are remote locations and there is no offer to help…
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Redundancy After A Separation
I don't know if I'm in the right place but here goes... My husband walked out in February leaving our daughter and I living on Universal Credit, I now work 2 jobs. He recently 'handed in his notice' at work, a relatively well paid job only I just found out he was offered, and took, redundancy. Now I really don't care about…
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2 Redundancies in Tax Year
Hi all, I've not be able to find a definite answer to this on the interweb, so I would appreciate some info if anybody knows. I am in the fairly unique position whereby I will be getting 2 x severance payments in 1 tax year from 2 different companies. The 2 payments combined will exceed the £30k tax free allowance. So my…
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Unfair Redundancy - Part Time
I have been made redundant today from my part time role. I was employed on a job share 2 days a week Thursday and Friday (other person did Monday to Wednesday) and my employer decided that they wanted someone that could do 5 days a week (either full time or part time am and pm split). Neither me nor my job share colleague…
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Vr advice
Hi all I have recently been told my job is at risk and we are in a consultancy period. today I was given my VR figure however its all very vague and the sheet actually says things like "this is for illustrative purposes and does not constitute a final offer" I take it the figure ive been given is not guaranteed in any way?…
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Time for claim after made redundant
I was made redundant in 2015 after 6 years of continuous employment, I have since moved on but only recently realised my redundancy payment did not include my untaken holidays. I was not aware at the time that holidays were to be included in the redundancy payment and being a bit distressed during the process, I did not…
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Advice on ambiguous paragraph
So I've just had the 3rd and final consultation meeting about redundancy and have been told my job role has been made redundant but my boss wants me to work the notice period. But in the 2nd meeting there was a paragraph in the letter i got that says; "Other payments that would be made regardless of your length of service,…
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Wife made redundant - what should I do?
Bit of insight into our situation: We bought our house in zone 2 London last year, our mortgage is pretty low at £1200 a month. Low enough that i can cover the mortgage and bills (never more than £2500 a month) with my salary, with a bit left over. My wifes industry is relatively niche, and this has given her the push she…
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Advice on what to do
Hi all - first time post here. I am in a strange situation and I am not sure what the best thing to do is: 1. I have worked at the same company for 13 years now and it is pretty well paid for the area. 2. The business is struggling and I have not yet been paid this month (October 2019). Wages have been late in the past,…
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Redundancy advice needed
On behalf of a friend.. They were made redundant end of November but we're told the company did not have funds to pay redundancy until the company building was sold. Despite having a firm offer for the asking price the company have been holding out for a better offer, which has been verbally made but hasn't progressed. I'm…
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How can I pick myself up again?
I lost my job very suddenly and unexpectedly in May. It was a job that I loved and I thought I was very good at. I had worked alongside my boss since the early days of the company, helped him grow the business and had worked my way up to Senior Management. After 5 years there I got served a redundancy with no good reason…
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Gardening Leave? No, you finished a month ago! What can I do?
The facts: Told I was being made redundant on 6th August. Told to go home as there would be no work for me but to be available in case they needed me. Letter received on 7th August stating that redundancy will be paid end of 31st August (it was) and that any other pay and accrued holiday will be paid on 28th September and…
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Missed deadline :(
Hi, just looking for some advice... My workplace is shutting down on a known date next year, options are redundancy or redeployment to another base in the UK (hundreds of miles away, so not an option for me). We were told a small number of staff could take early redundancy at a certain date and still get the redundancy…
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No longer a tax payer
I recently took voluntary redundancy and I’ve decided to live off my savings. (I have no income and don’t receive any benefits) I was wondering how being a none tax payer would effect the interest I get on my savings? From what I’ve read a 20% tax payer can earn £1000 per year without paying tax but I can’t find any info…
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Split wages
Hi, I need guidance on how to claim redundancy with a split wage. I was working 7months of the year so I split my wage to cover the remaining 5months. As I've been made redundant I need to claim these half wages back. If anybody can point me in the right direction or has gone through a similar situation. Please get in…
