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Consultation period extended.
Hi there, i'm being made redundant and i was due to finish shortly after my consultation period with the 12 weeks notice paid to me. However I've just been asked to extend this. Is this normal practice? I've found a new job and due to start in a few weeks. What comeback do i have on my current employer if this affects my…
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Just accepted redundancy
Hi all, I'm not the impulsive type but I've just accepted redundancy from a job that was causing me far too much stress for very little/no reward and impacting on my mental health. Of course now I'm back home I'm wondering if I have done the right thing. My way of background, I'm 41, married with children. We own two…
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Stautory Pay or Enhanced?
I'm working out my redundancy notice at the moment... no quibbles about selection, basically the contract is ended and the whole team is out, but my proposed payout appears short because it is calculated from the statutory minimum of 1.5 weeks pay per year of service (over 40) capped at £489 per week and 20 years. There…
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"Suitable Alternative Employment"
Due to company restructure my job is being moved overseas. I've been offered four options: * Move overseas permanently * Help train the new office overseas for 6 months * Be redeployed in the UK office * Take redundancy I had a meeting with a manager yesterday, to talk about other areas of the business I would like to work…
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What questions should be asked at Redundancy Consultation?
I'm the only person up for redundancy in a department restructure and have been told to feedback into the consultation process with questions and propose other ideas for the restructure to work without redundancy etc What should I ask? I've not been through this before so am unsure. Also I've recently returned from Stress…
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Refusing to travel = Sacking?
I recently started work with a new company. I was promised I would work with x and y which is more interesting to me and I was prepared to take a 1k pay cut to work in this role. Long story short, they've asked me to go to Kent (about 3 hours from where I am) and spend the whole week possibly fortnight with a weekend break…
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Statutory Redunancy - Calculated From Notice Date or End Date
Hi If I am given my 3 month notice when I have worked somewhere for 2 years and 10 months, so then leave after 3 years and 1 month, do I get 2 years worth of redunancy or 3 years? Thanks Tim
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Redundancy while off sick
I am employed by a large insurance company and I have been off sick from work for the past couple of months with stress/depression. While I've been off I've come to the realisation that the illness is probably work related and I've come to the decision that I will start looking for jobs away from the company. I've been…
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Between a rock and a hard place...
Hi All, Just looking for a vent, and some support from fellow MSE-ers. I work for a church which seems to make everything complicated. At the moment I am employed as the office manager, and we have a consultant 'bought in' for 3 days a week to oversee the bigger picture (think operations management type thing). For what I…
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65 and out
I am due to retire from work . I have been on sick leave since February '17 but have been receiving my Salary in full since then. I was 65 in April'17 and my works Pension has been paid at the beginning of each month as usual.I have now decided to retire and have come to an amicable agreement with my company, and they are…
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:( Advice on requesting a change to working pattern
Hi All, I am after some advice on my current situation and would appreciate any opinions/thoughts/perspectives. I'll try to keep it as brief as possible. My current situation is that I work 100 miles away, doing a standard type role but in a specific technology area. I also earn a good wage. This means I'm pretty much tied…
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Being made redundant advice!
Hi there, I was looking for some advice and guidance on my current situation and was hoping some people here maybe able to help. Basically my company went into administration behinning of last month, all staff were made redundant with exception of me. I have been told that my services are to be retained for a minimum…
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Retention Bonus
Hi, I am in the 30 day consultation period and have been offered a retention bonus. My notice period will be five weeks but they are offering people retention bonuses to stay around 10 weeks. When do I have to sign to agree to a retention bonus? Can I leave it until I'm in my notice period?
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Advice please 're redundancy and tupe terms
Hi, I'm hoping someone can give me some advice or point me in the direction of who I need to speak to please. This is regarding potential redundancy and what I may be entitled to. The situation is...I was working for a company for approx 14 years, then 6 years ago we were bought out so I tupe'd over to the new company.…
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Redundant after 2 years +/-1 day
Hi, My fixed-term contract finishes exactly after 2 years. According to DWP, non-renewal of fixed-term-contract is equivalent in law to redundancy, so I wonder if I have a right to redundancy payment. To be precise, my contract started on 1 October 2015, and will end 30 September 2017. As I see it, this is exactly 2 years…
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New employer not offering pension - help!
Hi all I left my previous employer in early Jan - with whom I had a company pension with a well known provider, BlackRock. Going from what was a large, established regional employer to a small startup business, I was always expecting teething problems. However, since starting my colleagues and I have been asking our boss…
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Redundant 9 days before qualifying for pay
I'm being made redundant having worked for the company [STRIKE]just short of 23 weeks[/STRIKE] just short of 2 years - 9 days short qualifying for redundancy pay (min of 2 years required). It does seem a bit unfair to not receive any pay - particularly as the company a few months ago asked everyone to take a pay cut of 10%…
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Employer won't give a final figure
Hi there I work for Tesco, and have taken voluntary redundancy. However they will not provide me with a final settlement figure? I have asked HR twice and my store manager to get one for me. They say it can't be done and all they can do is tell me how many weeks I'm entitled to. I looked on Direct Gov and it says... A…
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Unfair Dismissal Tribunal
Here is the short of the story: I got the sack for gross misconduct. It involves a sum of money that it is alleged I stole. There was no cctv or witnesses so the case had to go on probability. The company decided there was enough evidence to go through and dismiss me. The company did not provide documents I requested at…
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Advice Please
Good Afternoon, now if you will indulge me for a minute I could do with the benefit of one of the members experiences. In the year 2008 and 2009 I was employed by an agency and worked for one year. Upon being released by the company I was working for, I tried to claim redundancy cover from my policy (Provided by The St.…
