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Redundancy & redundancy planning

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Redundancy Pay
Hi, I'm looking for some advice on redundancy pay. I was previously on £26k a year and I was given 3 months redundancy in lieu. I just received the payment now (payday). The letter stated I would get £6500, this includes 13 days holiday pay that I did not have the chance to use whilst employed. I am told that redundancy…
Am I eligible to take decd mother’s employers to court/work tribunal
My mother recently passed away, prior to this she was in the process of taking her employer/s to court/work tribunal as she was made unfairly unemployed. Where my mother worked they lost the contract on a particular workstream that she was working on, she was to be TUPE over with everyone else on that job. New employer…
Redundancy Payment - What counts towards the £100K Tax
Good morning I am being made redundant from my current employer and will be paid a Redundancy Payment of just under £60K, of which the first £30K will be free of tax. My total income for the tax year (including that full £60K) will be around £113K (Current Job + Redundancy Pay + a new job which I will start immediately) My…
Redundancy payment over £30k - Can I save tax?
Good evening all. Long term forum member, but new ID for anonymity. After almost 20 years working for my current employer the time has come to take redundancy. I have no other job to go to so I will need to pay off debts and live off my redundancy payment for some time. My payment is well over £30k which I know is the tax…
Resignation help
Hello Ok, before I proceed to my questions I need you to understand The reasons behind my resignation and my part in this. In August my team manager was changed to a new manager who was recently a customer service advisor like myself. When she took over the team there was quite a lot of bullying from her against myself, I…
Redundancy money for buying freehold & paying back parents?
Hello everyone, I've just been told I'm due to be made redundant in the next month. I'm due a decent payout (although I know it can quickly vanish!) and my instinct is to use some of it to clear some payments and put myself in a better situation long-term. My specific issues are these... I bought a new-build house two…
Length of Service
Hi guys My wife has just been declared 'at risk'. One of the factors in the equation will be length of service..... Initially she was on a zero-hours contract but, after climbing the Greasy Pole, is now in a senior management position. Does her initial period of zero-hours contract count towards her overall length of…
Redundancy because of outsourcing
A friend has been told they are being dismissed on the grounds of redundancy because the directors have decided the office they hold will be outsourced. They have other roles they carry out but there is a re-structure going on so that those tasks may be bumped round - to a new person not yet appointed. If the one role not…
Entire department moved to Eastern Europe - fair redundancy offer?
Hello, My company has decided to close down my entire department, and set up a new one from scratch in Eastern Europe. This will make me and everyone else in my department redundant when the transition period has been completed in June 2020 (which admittedly is a very fair notice period!). While this transition will be…
At risk of redundancy
Hi, Just some advice needed. Several
Settlement calculation for term-time employee.
When employed term-time only but paid worked weeks plus accrued holiday entitlement in 12 equal payments, what calculation is used to work out the weekly rate of pay to then calculate a settlement? Also, if the employee has been on long term sickness absence, are they entitled to the holiday pay accrued? Example (not…
Directors can claim redundancy pay?
Help please. My husband and I have run a small building maintenance business for over 30 years, the last 13 as a limited company. During that time we cut down our small work force until it was just the two of us - husband doing manual work and me doing secretarial work. We have slowed down over last few years until we were…
Redundancy from school
Hi, quite new here and certainly new to all this redundancy lark. I was wondering if any of you had experience of redundancy in schools. I am taking advice from my Union but there seems to be a stalemate at the moment between Union and HR. I am support staff and as such am paid 39 weeks of the year + 25 days statutory…
PILON Query
I've just been made aware during a TUPE process, that I'm likely to be made redundant on 1 Nov as my role does not exist in the new organisation. I'm aware that the PILON tax rules changed this year, but would appreciate a plain English clarification from those more clued up than me. Assuming no mention of PILON in my…
Pay rise during notice period
My notice period was extended by mutual agreement and a pay rise awarded. What salary should be used for calculating redundancy? The original salary when served notice or the higher salary that I will be getting paid up until the severance date?
Tax refund????
I took voluntary redundancy back in June, my last day of service was 30th June. When I got my final month salary including the redundancy payment I noticed I’ve paid about double the tax I was expecting, so I’m trying to get this paid back before the end of the tax year, and I’m not getting very far with HRMC! I worked for…
What are acceptable criteria for redundancy?
Can a criteria for redundancy be salary cost? i.e. If you are being paid above the market norm and above your colleagues? In addition, if your skills are not redundant (i.e. you could do other roles, but there are no other roles spare) but the specific role is then how does that work? Everything I have read seems to be…
Redundancy next steps
Hello, I found out earlier this week that my job is at risk as they are closing the office down. I am scheduled for my consultation on Tuesday next week. I believe that there won't be any suitable alternatives in a nearby office and the only offer will be to relocate 400 miles north. I am also unsure at this moment in time…
Can I ask for other employees to be offered VR?
I have just received an "at risk" notice with consultation coming soon. I am the only one being made redundant in a small support department, but can understand that the role really isn't required. I am in a team of 6, of which I am the highest paid, and could do most of the other jobs in the team (some of them with more…
Redundancy/notice period and JSA
Hi guys got made redundant on Monday after 16 years, company is insolvent and I have claimed for my monies from the gov website, however at the end it says when you claim for your notice pay if you haven't claimed for JSA or other benefits this will be deducted from the payment as though you have. Right I live in a full…

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