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Any TUPE experts out there?
Hi I work for a relatively large company (listed on London stock exchange) who have recently agreed to outsource their sales, marketing and distribution functions to another company which means my job and the jobs of several colleagues in my business function are under threat. My understanding of the situation is that this…
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First time redundancy, advice required
Hi all, I was informed mid march that our company has lost it's contract and their is a high risk that all staff will be made redundant or have to transfer to another warehouse. A lot of us have never been through this before so it is all new to us. We have had our first consultations this week and the company…
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Company in liquidation, redundancy pay and notice period pay
Hi the company I was employed with have gone into liquidation. When we returned our company vehicles to our office we were informed that the liquidators would be in touch within a couple of days with advice about claiming redundancy etc. It is nearly 2 weeks and still have had no contact with the liquidators nor have the…
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sainsburys probation period
hello im on a 12 week probation period at sainsburys distribution centre and ive had 2 sick days off and ive rang in both times to let them know. i meet all the rates and am never called in the office as im getting along fine with the job but im coming up to the end of probation im worried will i be let go for having 2…
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department restructure redundancy/alternative employment
Hi, Current role has been selected for possible redundancy. There is a department restructure which will mean that posts under their current job description are being made redundant, but the jobs themselves are being renamed and include amended duties. How much of the current role/job description has to be made redundant…
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Redundancy and redeployment
Hi, im a Secondary school teacher. My department have to lose one member of staff. We were all asked to fill in some forms, allocated points but no one checked whether people were telling the truth or lying. I have now been told I have the least number of points so I will be deployed to a sister school. So you have people…
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Pay off loan with redundancy money?
I've just been told I'm getting made redundant on the 18th April, here's my situation. Loan: £16,000 remaining @ 7.9% APR. Paying £450/month Tandem credit card: £0 @ 18.9% APR. Paid in full every month. Credit limit: £6,000 Barclaycard: £540 @ 0% APR. Paying £125 every month (used for annual insurance payments) credit…
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Redundancy & Maternity Allowance
Hopefully someone can help - Not sure if this is the correct section. I am seeking some advice for my wife who's entire department is under 'review' on top of that she is 2 months pregnant, As you can imagine she is pretty stressed so I am trying to help the best way I can. So basically she has worked for Boots head office…
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Redundancy and redeployment
All, I was made redundant around two weeks ago. At the time of the redundancy I was aware that there was a position being recruited for in my department as as a team member, I had even written the job description for the position, so I suggested redeployment in my meeting. The company emailed me two days later to say that…
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Resigning after one week
Hi hopefully this is in the right group. I started a new job last Monday as did my previous boss in another company (after both being made redundant). Early impressions on my side were that it was not the culture and work environment that I am used to and did not like it. Then my previous boss rang me and said that there…
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Tax rebate for redundancy
Hi, My boyfriend was made redundant in Dec 2017 and he received his salary that he was owed (months worth), his accrued holiday and his 1 week loss of notice, all paid for by the redundancy office. These payments were all subject to tax and NI as per the statement the office provided. Since then the redundancy office have…
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NHS redundancy
Hi I've had my termination notice by redundancy from the NHS. Not an ideal situation, but hey ho. In my initial consultation meeting they (HR) said that if i returned to work in the NHS within 4 weeks, i'd have to pay back the redundancy. Section 16.16 of the employee hand back states: " If, before the date of termination,…
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Reduced hours before redundancy
Someone I know is being made redundant. However, their hours were fairly recently reduced (less than a year ago). The company is only offering statutory redundancy and is calculating her redundancy figure as number of years service multiplied by current weekly salary. If they used number of years service multiplied by her…
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Redundancy advice
Hi there, I am just looking for some advice. I am a cleaner for a company that offers off-site cleaning through various contracts but the company has left the premises where it was based and not asked me to move with it. Should I be offered redundancy from my boss or not? I can't get hold of him to ask about this but I'm…
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Redundancy payment and self assessment tax return
Hi all, I was recently made redundant from a job with generous terms and a long service. My usually salary is under the £100k pa level that triggers a self assessment tax return. But the additional taxable element of my redundancy has taken my taxable earnings over the £100k limit. I’ve paid the tax at my higher rate and…
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Incorrect Overpayment by previous employer
Following a TUPE transfer, on 8th October 2018, I would like your advice. As part of the agreement, I, and 6 colleagues, were due to be paid a pro-rata bonus at the end of October 2018 and a 'retention payment' from the company that we were leaving if we remained with the new company, but still working onsite, until the…
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Income Protection entitlement
Can I please get some advice as I am not sure if I am being mistreated by my employer and their income protection provider. I have income protection as a benefit through my employer. I have never had to use it before but have been signed off from work by my GP with "work related stress" this is due to severe anxiety and…
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Redundancy help.
Hi My OH has been told that his job is at risk and is going through the first consultation. Lots of people are at different stages as they were all told at different times. Anyway someone who is further along the process and had an interview for their job and they were unsuccessful and told him that they have to give 3…
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Severance Pay with a Student Loan
I've been offered severance pay but wanted to check whether student loan repayments will be deducted as I think it would wipe it out if they are. Can anyone advise? Also, any info about what else goes on during something like this happens would be very much appreciated! E.g. can I claim benefits? Would I be better to stay…
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Redundancy Payout Problem
I am posting on behalf of a colleague in hope for some support for him. He has been an employee for a company for over 35 years and last year, 2018, he finally decided it was time to hang up and enjoy his well earned retirement. Over the years he was considering retiring but his management always laughed at the idea and…
