Redundancy & redundancy planning

I am hard of hearing and wear hearing aids in both ears. I used to have a few grommits placed in my ears when I was a child and had a few years without them. I then had them put back in again for 2 years befor taking them out and having a T-Bar grommit in my left ear around 4 years ago now. Due to this I may have a hole in…

Is there anything to stop someone from claiming ill health retirement for a second time from a job ? I was offered ill heath retirement from a higher level job - 9 years ago and found another lower level job (totally different field / employer) after a few months - however my health has now deteriorated further and I am…

Hi, I'm currently on sick leave from work on the instruction of my employer's OH following a sprained and fractured ankle following an accident at work. I'm in my 30s and have approx 6 years service. I will undertake a telephone interview with OH next week to discuss my eligibility to return to work. My GP has declared me…

Good Morning all, I am being made redundant today (29th), however last night my boss received a call stating that he and myself have to work an extra 2 weeks. Can someone explain to me where I/We stand on this please? P.s We also have several emails backing up the 29th leaving date and our redundancy packages clearly state…

Hi Everyone, I am pretty proud to say that I have got as far as an employment tribunal hearing at the end of August for maternity discrimination, unfair dismissal and failure to follow flexible working request procedures all by myself. I am feeling pretty confident that I have a strong case, I am organised, confident and…

Hi all Employer is offering a redundancy following chemo treatment for stage 4 cancer. Occupational health suggested light working conditions but employer is saying can't support that and is happy to offer redundancy. SSP is probably going to equal the redundancy payment anyway. Couple of concerns with taking their offer:…

Hi, My mum was employed in a team of carers to look after a lady who was ill. My mum worked there for 19 years and this week unfortunately the lady died. My mum isn't sure where she stands with redundancy as the lady suddenly died and as of the day she died her employment effectively ended. Her colleagues seem to think…

Good evening people. I have recently been told that my role is at risk of redundancy and the likelihood due to my specialization is that I won't find another role in the company. I've been offered a really good package but have a couple of questions that perhaps someone on here might be able to help me with. I understand…

Hi all please help as very worried. I'm 20 weeks pregnant and employer has been off since being told. Now they've said redundancy is likely or I can take a pay off worth 7 months salary. It seems timing is good for them to avoid paying me maternity pay. Is this legal? Any help greatly appreciated. They're really putting…

Hi there, So bit of background, i worked at my company for 7 years - however 2 were on a contract so "officially" 5 years, in December they offered company wide voluntary exit ptogram, i enquired but not applied and was offered £14k to leave, due to personal reasons i.e fiance from America was going to move to the UK…

Hi I am posting this thread on behalf of my partner. He has been working at his company for approx 6 to 7 years (he cannot remember exactly when he started). For the first few years he was working part time, and then he moved up to full time work. He was only given a proper employment contract 2 years ago. Prior to this he…

My brother recently had a good job offer which he accepted and will be starting this Monday. Unfortunately his previous employer has been nothing but immature and petty since he handed his resignation. They deliberately gave a bad reference, which the new employer obviously ignored given his other references were good. He…

Hi, I'm new here so apologize if this has been covered before. I'm likely to be made redundant and both Garden Leave and payment in lieu of notice are being discussed - my notice period is 3 months. Obviously if i accept PILON I would lose any annual leave that i would have normally accrued and will need to make sure i'm…

I hope someone can assist , six weeks ago I was made redundant and now I found out that the company can not pay my redundancy money due to cash flow . I have made some alternative ideas for example spread the payments over 3 months or they let me keep the company car (not on finance) and pay me the remainder. Regarding the…

Hi all, I started my new job last week (full-time, perm), only to be told this week by HR that my job is at risk of redundancy, due to restructuring (basically we're the smallest regional office, and they want to get rid of us for savings). The proposed termination is said to be early July. As of yet, no one has been able…

On Tuesday afternoon around 16:00 the director of our company (circa 50 employees) told the staff in the office that as of end of today the company would no longer be trading. As it wasn’t fair for the employees to have to explain this to our customers/contractors we were told to basically go home now. They said a meeting…

I am being made redundant following a restructure in the civil service where my roles as marketing lead for a large team has been downgraded and is therefore closed and a new role created. The role is not at my grade and I am unable to apply for it (I actually don't mind going at all). However, despite saying they will put…

Currently we’re a company that are contracted to provide a service. However, due to the loss of a large account I’m being made redundant at the end of the month. My redundancy package was finalised towards the end of May, but the account we’ve lost have now asked if I could stay on for one year and have asked my company to…

HI im not sure if this is the right place to ask, but please point me in the right direction if it isnt I am looking for some advice regarding making an apprentice redundant. my daughter is 23 and she has been employed as a apprentice for a local company for the last 13 months, during this time she has worked exceptionally…

Hi, my name is Mark I was made redundant after 15 years service and have received my full redundancy claim already and I have just received my loss of income claim form and have some questions about how I fill in the information and what exactly they are asking of my income and outgoings during my notice period, I…