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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.…
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Self Employed Redundancy
Hello,I'm after some advice please😊 I've worked for a company self employed for 4 years,with the odd invoice mixed in,I've been told there is no work so I've been given a weeks notice!!! The company provided me with tools to use,gave me jobs to do,I had to sign in and out every day,although that only applied to the regular…
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Voluntary Severance Notice Period
Hi, I am considering to take the offer of voluntary severance at work but not sure what is the notice period for this. I have been working at my work for the last 20 months, so the employment contract says it is 4 weeks notice (less than 2 years service) but some websites tells me the notice period for VS for this length…
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Redundancy scoring
Hi All Just clarifying if possible. Am I entitled to see my scoring from a recent redundancy selection programme? If so then will they send just the scores or the notes made by the panel that led to the scores and any other comments they noted. Thanks
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New post created and ring fenced
At the moment we are going through redundancy consultation because of a restructure. We have been ring-fenced for one "new" position as our section will now no longer exist. I did not take the VR option to give me the chance of getting the 3 month redeployee status and if no work of interest comes up taking the CR money…
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Paying Redunancy into Pension.
Background is this : Taking redundancy with a pay out of 125K (maybe 131k if company car allowance is added in, but that is not certain yet) Salary currently 84k and I am 57 Old final salary pension transfer value 810k All other pensions amount to 300k I have a new job to go to paying 96k a year as a contractor and I will…
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Redundancy pay if you have worked with a private company for 1 year full-time?
Hi there, My partner friend is in a difficult situation where she has been warned of potential redundancy. What is the redundancy pay she could potentially get for working at a company for 1 year full-time? She works 37.5hrs per her contract.
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Being made redundant - unfair dismissal?
Hi, I have been working for a company for 6 years. Last Thursday, I was called into a meeting and informed that my job was at risk of redundancy and that I wasn't allowed into the office until the following Thursday (yesterday) for my first consultation meeting. The reason they gave for the redundancy is that business has…
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Employment Lawyer Search
Hi, I have no experience instructing a lawyer to look into a dispute between my previous employer and I. How do I find a good employment lawyer to begin with?
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Redundancy
I'm being made redundant after four years. Is that even legal? There is no way they can cover all the work I do and will have to bring in freelancers to do it but they will cost them much less... I'm not the only one, others have also been targeted but on a one by one basis rather then a proper redundancy pool. They are…
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New location, date tbc, accept figure now?
I've worked close to home for nearly 18 years, the business is moving far enough that the journey isn't viable. I have a letter with an offer, the legal minimum. There are under 100 staff, I don't know how many are going. The date of the move is unknown. The business will have to move in stages and my dept is likely to be…
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Voluntary Redundancy Question
So, 2 years ago I handed my notice in after 17 years service. I was offered voluntary redundancy where they would have to take on someone on my salary and give them a company car which I only got due to relocating 50 miles away. I would have to work 3 months to train a new person. They would give me one weeks salary per…
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Unfair redundancy
myself and a colleague have been put at risk of redudancy. We feel we have been unfairly targeted because of our age. We are in our 40s and 50s and together we have almost 50 Years' professional experience. We are also two of the longest serving. We are two of around eight people doing the same job - many of whom are on…
