Redundancy & redundancy planning

Hi, My bf got made redundant (they went bust) and he got his wages due and holiday accrued paid through the redundancy payments office after he was made redundant. I am looking to claim his over paid tax back and the redundancy office took the full 20% off except that payment is not listed on his tax gateway hmrc account.…

Hello, I am representing myself at a tribunal later in the year and I was wondering if someone could help me? I believe I was dismissed by redundancy due to raising health and safety issues. Without getting into whether I will win my case or not does anybody know how I should be valuing my case? At first I believed I could…

I am about to sign a settlement agreement with my employers for a redundancy. The amount will be over £30k and I am already paying tax at the higher rate. I understand that the first £30k of redundancy will be tax-free but all amounts in excess of this will be taxed. The query I have is that the settlement agreement date…

So i am currently in the redundancy process and this has never happened to me before. I work for DHL and although they have informed me that I can apply for other roles nothing has been offered. I have worked continuously since I left school at 17 and I am now 43, i would love to take a break for a couple of months whilst…

Hello I am currently in consultation on a redundancy. I have been made an offer but no mention has been made of holiday pay. I understand you should also be paid for any unused holiday as part of your redundancy settlement. By the time we reach an agreement it will be April and I will have 28 days holiday for the year…

Hello I have been made redundant whilst on maternity leave. Fortunately, I had an excellent legal advisor who helped me to get a settlement out of court given the dubious legal nature of this event. My basic salary was GBP 52K plus a car allowance so I am a HRT. My employer is paying me GBP64,290 Gross, GBP45K of which is…

Background: Over the past year I have worked for a company that I have put in over 40+ hours a week including overtime to try and improve the business due a failing IT infrastructure. On numerous occasions the lack of employees internally has been mentioned. Regardless I have worked there for around a year and 4 months.…

Hi all. I'm posting on behalf of the Mrs here. She works for a nationwide company, who have sold the location she works at to a local businessman. He has personally informed the staff that the majority of the current workforce will no longer be required once the change of ownership completes, as he has his own team from…

Hello My partner is being made redundant on 30th April. He be paid his final wages on the 23rd April. This will include 6 months wages ( in his contract they have to give him 6 month notice but they do not need him to work it out), Holiday and 6 months car allowance. He will also get £7K redundancy ( I think is non…

Being made redundant and entitled to 12 weeks statutory notice. Company is only giving four weeks notice plus 8 weeks PILON. Will the termination date for redundancy calculation purposes be the date at the end of the four weeks notice given or the end of the twelve weeks notice entitled to? Or should PILON compensate for…

The business I am working for has gone into administration, therefor all our stores will be closing and within time all the staff will be made redundant. I have been with the business for sixteen years, and although I know I won’t get a penny from the business, I will be able to claim in back through the government. Sadly…

On Monday I was summoned to a meeting and told I was being made redundant. I work in a nursery part time (admin) and I was the only person at the meeting from the nursery I work at. Our sister nursery had all their staff there as possible redundancy is going to affect the majority of their staff. In my redundancy letter 4…

Hello, Quick question please, i'm going through the redundancy process at the moment, for now we have only had the consultation and we are expecting to be told via a letter any day soon that the redundancies will be effective from the end of this month, all of us here are on a three month contract, the company is not…

Hi. Out of the blue my husband has been told his hourly rate will be reduced or the sack. Ive spoken with Acas but im at a loss on how to raise a greivence politely. I dont want him to lose his job, but its scared me as im not sure it it were a idle threat or it will happen. Advise is to raise the greveince before it…

Sorry if this sounds a little long winded but I was made redundant last June and only worked for the charity for 1 year and 6 months, so wasn't entitled to redundancy pay. Since leaving I have had a break to get over what happened, because I loved the job I was doing. My query is should I be signing on to claim benefits? I…

My employer is currently undergoing a huge restructure. I’m currently on maternity leave and know that my team is currently being looked at with some already made redundant and those who have left have not been replaced, no one was brought in to cover my maternity leave either. I’m now in a position where actually…

Hi All I am hoping someone can help me calculate how my upcoming bonus will be taxed. In April (at the beginning of the new tax year) I will be getting a bonus of £10,200 which will be paid through PAYE. My normal salary is £35k. I think I am right in saying that when the tax is calculated they will assume that I will be…

Hello. The company I worked for for around 3 years was shut down about 8 years ago and at the time I received some money (I can’t recall exactly how much, I think £1000 or so) from the redundancy payments service. Today I have received a letter from the official liquidator of the company say that there maybe sufficient…

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I have been off work since March 2016 as I am physically unable to do my job. Every 6 months or so my employer wanted to meet to see how I was. At the last meeting he requested that I consider ill-health retirement from my job. I had been with the company for 11 years before taking sick leave - and had a company pension…