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Confusion - Zero Hours!
Asking for my son! He has worked for 3 months in a local cafe as Manager, set the thing up from scratch to become a fairly successful community cafe, popular with tourists and locals. On Thursday after the Board meeting (its a Community Trust) he was advised they had decided to close the cafe as of 02/09/17 - No…
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Dad made redundant and now retired, what is he entitled to?
Hi all, First time poster. My dad worked for Tesco and worked nights. Now the nights in his store has stopped, he was offered redundancy. He is 70, so he has retired. Can someone let me know what he is entitled to and what the next steps should be? I have looked into it already, but I do not want to miss anything, so any…
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what are my rights after end on Long term Assignment
Hi, I'm halfway through a 2 year LTA with the same company, I have been with then for 14 years. If at the end of 2 year LTA; and I understand that I have no past role to go back to; would I be entitled to:- * nothing. * 2 years at minimum statutory pay off. * 15 years min statutory pay off. Not entitled to but the company…
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Expecting a reduction in Notice Period Pay
Afternoon everyone, just seeing if I can get some clarification on this excellent forum to a couple of issues resulting from a recent redundancy, might come across as a bit muddled but please bear with! After 23 years I've just been made redundant, been through the claims procedure online of sorting redundancy pay etc, and…
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what things to consider re tax
Hi I took redundancy this month and my gross redundancy was 105k. I opted to take the first 30k tax free and this was paid in my July salary. Using pension carry forward for previous 3 years I asked for the remaining 75k to be put into my AVCs and have calculated that there is no tax to pay (I think). My salary was in the…
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Slotted in to new structure
Hi all I guess this might sound incredibly ungrateful under the circumstances. I work for the NHS in an arms length body that has been going through a pretty badly handled change process that will culminate with a lot of either voluntary / compulsory redundancies. This has been going on since the first Voluntary scheme…
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Voluntary redundancy package versus Compulsary
A friend has just been given a voluntary redundancy package and is confused of what the package is worth over compulsary. IE. How much may she lose if they don't take voluntary and is forced to go The package: Statutory Pay £7500 Voluntary Payment £1500 Notice period weeks (12 weeks) £4400 Holidays owed £425 Pension £200…
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Redundancy payout for old contractual hour's
Hi, I am being made redundant and have reduced my hours to part-time. Whilst I've worked these part-time hours for 2 years I've never signed a contract for my new hours so could I argue that I'm on my old contract or does the fact I've worked part-time hours for 2 years mean that's my new contract?
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Redundancy Question
Hi, My wife is currently on maternity leave which ends on the end of August, she is employed as a letting agent She has just found out the branch she worked in is closing next week. She worked with them for 7 years full time and then the last 2 part time - minimum of 8 hours per week but normally more, she has been on…
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Redundancy and tax...
Hi, I'm in the midst of redundancy negotiations and would like some advice please. Everything so far has been informal, but I have now made the decision that I want to take redundancy. I asked for my redundancy figures from payroll and I'd get paid three months notice, which rounding up is £15k gross... which apparently…
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Employment Contract Abroad
Hi, I'm hoping that there is someone on this forum that can provide some advice on this. I have recently been in discussions with my employer about a relocation to Toronto which would require a new contract with the Canadian arm of the company. Despite a lot of positive talk and an informal offer the move has been put back…
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Club Closing - paying wages
A local Club is about to shut with substantial debts, the Club is a limited business Can the Club pay its staff wages, holiday pay, and redundancies before informing other creditors? I suppose I am asking if employees can be classed as 'preferential creditors'
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Assisted separation morphed into voluntary redundancy
Hi All, I asked my company to consider my request to move from a 5 day week to a 3 day week. Within the company there is a process for this request (the flexible working program) which necessitated a formal meeting in which myself, my manager and a note-taker were present. After explaining some reasons why it was unlikely…
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Secondment and Entitlement
Hi, Can anyone help me with some advice. I have never been made redundant before and am finding it very daunting and confusing as I am Ian strange situation. I work for a company that is closing there office and making everyone redundant on enhanced redundancy terms. The problem is I am currently on a 6 month secondment…
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Redundancy rumours, what to do
So as the topic suggest, in my place of work there has been rumours and speculations for months that our site is being shut down but no one in upper managerment like a ops manager or a director etc will either confirm or deny it, they just ignore the question Now let me give you the reasons why everyone believes that the…
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Received P45 whilst on maternity leave
In September last year I was recruited for a maternity cover role which my contract states my contract ends when the lady I am providing cover for returns to work. (She is still not due to return until the end of this year) In the meantime, I had unknowingly fallen pregnant myself, so my maternity leave started a couple of…
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Protecting assets for JSA/Housing benefit
For the last 6 years I have been saving as much as I could to buy my first home, I have currently managed to save £21,000. Unfortunately the company I am working for is struggling, and I have heard through the grapevine that the chances of all of us having a job in 3 months time is 50:50. I am therefore planning for the…
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Notification of possible redundancy
30 years employed with same company, today called into the FD's office and given "Notification of possible redundancy letter". I'm in a pool of one??? They say my workload has decreased (it hasn't) and that my job will be merged into another role. Basically my job is still there, they are giving it to the person who covers…
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Evidence of employment
Dear Forum, An odd one for you. A few years a ago I was made redundant by an employer, the problem is that I do not know which...there were three employers involved. 1. I have a P45 from employer A. (Employer A paid me on behalf of employer C) 2. My paye and nics record is with employer A. 3. My pension record is with…
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Redundancy Issues
Hi all, Asking here on behalf of my girlfriends mother who has recently been made redundant from the private school she works for as a teaching assistant. The story goes like this.. She was initially made redundant due to school closure at the end of this academic year. Entitled to circa £8k I believe, unless they got a…
