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If i get rehired do I have to pay back redundancy?
On may 21st the store I worked in closed down and I was made redundant. Because of this closure a local store that is part of the same company has received an uptick in business and are now offering me a job there. I have been told by my old manager that if I get rehired by the same company within a certain time frame they…
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Childcare, Redundancy & Self Employment
Hi guys, I'm unfortunately being made redundant (well, we're in consultation at the moment but it's pretty much a forgone conclusion) and my employment will end the first week in July. My child has been accepted for 30 hours' free childcare from September at a local term-time nursery and I really do not want to lose this,…
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Do I have an unfair dismissal case?
Hi All, I'm after a bit of advice if I could please. I've been made redundant - well my job title has, although I was not doing the role of the job title. My role has changed, but they never changed the title to go along with that. They suggested in Feb this year it should change, but never has. I was offered another role…
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quick advice please
Hello, I have posted on this here before but need some quick advice please The situation Company going through a really bad patch and one where I don't think we will survive, let lost money last month and I expect a bigger loss in June, company is trying to be sold on to someone else but the rumour I have heard is that…
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Redundancy process being handled badly
On 14 August this year I will have been at this company for 17 years. We have two offices, one in the UK and one in Brussels. The UK office was set up first and is the Head Office. There are two staff in the UK (me and one other who has also been here 17 years and gone through a hell of a lot of changes like I have). The…
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Redundancy and avoiding tax
Hi i hope some Guru can help me . I a thinking of taking redundancy at Xmas 2017. My salary is £43,800 I have worked for the company for 37 years and the figure is expected to be £54,000 including 90 days lieu. Obviously i can take £30,000 tax free . By Xmas i would have expected to have earned around £33,00. After taking…
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Redundancy Payment & Student Loan Deductions
I'm due to be made redundant in the coming months, and my employer has offered a good redundancy package. As it is below the 30K limit, it will not be subject to Tax or NIC but my Employer is not sure if the redundancy payout will be subject to student loan deductions. I rang SLC to check and the Advisor was really not…
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TUPE / Settlement agreement
Hello I have worked for a council for 25 years and the service I provide is being outsourced to private sector I met the new company yesterday who said straight away that after transfer there would be too many staff and everyone would have to compete for a job .... :( It was suggested that a settlement agreement could be…
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Do I register as unemployed?
I have recently been made redundant. I got a payout from the company as expected. I have savings so I am unsure if I am allowed to register as unemployed as I don't think I will get any payments. Can anyone explain the tax credits situation as this is the reason I read that I should register. I also plan to make some…
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Redundancy - Payment, benefits, insurance and self-employment
I've just been made redundant after 10 1/2 years with my employer - so settlement payment is reasonable but certainly doesn't come anywhere near to the £30k tax line! I should get about £17.5k + about £2.5k from selling shares bought through employee sharesave scheme over the years I've worked there. However I have about…
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Voluntary Redundancy aged 59 (and a half!)
My father has worked for a well-known, stable and large airline for the past 20 years. He earns approximately the national average wage (due to shift pay etc., exact salary is not simple to calculate, but amounts to around £30k / year). He's 59 years of age, and had planned to retire at 65 having paid in sufficient…
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Redundancy Issues
I was informed in writing in March that my role was redundant. I have not been given Notice. I had a further meeting last Month to try and decide if there was a suitable alternative. It was left that my boss would get back to me. He hasn't. However someone at work has changed her hours and I will now be covering her…
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Made redundant but asked to work as agency employee
I have been working for a company which creates two similar products . A few years ago the company was bought out by a larger, global company but nothing within the company changed . This company has recently been bought out by another larger, global company who only want to continue with one of the products. In February…
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Advice please on possible redundancy
Hi I'll try not to waffle explaining this situation, apologies in advance if I do. I work in a private school in the admissions department, started in September 2014. I work term time only + 3 weeks in the holidays (36 weeks in total). In September 2016 the department employed a deputy registrar that was a teacher (due to…
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Unfair or Discrimination?
Hi, thanks in advance for your support. I currently work at a school, doing everything IT (Technician, not teacher) and am about to be made redundant due to cost cutting. However, we also use a contractor for some IT - they run the server, and have gradually been doing more and more. (Not my choice) I am the ONLY…
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Should my boyfriend report the business that fired him?
Hi, I was hoping to get some advice on what I believe is an unfair dismissal and a less than legal business, very sorry if this is not the right place to post, but I’m not really sure where to go for advice. Today my boyfriend was fired from a cleaning job he had only been working at for a few weeks. It was the first time…
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Different redundancy rules for different staff.
Organisation with 5 departments started a re-structure 16 months ago. My department (HR based) was held back to be re-structured while the other 4 went through the process. Reason stated was that we had to implement the changes so it was better if we were stable whilst doing so. (Seemed fair!) The staff in the first 4 had…
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Where to get P45 from?
My son attended a meeting at work on 29th March to be told he was being made redundant as of 30th March. He was also told the company could not pay him any wages owed due to the financial situation they were in. The company is deciding whether to go down the insolvency route. I informed housing benefit of the change of…
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Redundancy/Other Roles
Hello, Not sure whether this should be in the redundancy thread or the employment thread.... So my wife was told 2 weeks ago that she was at risk of redundancy, but due to a weeks holiday her 30 days consultation didn't start until yesterday. The company have advised that they will help her look for another role with said…
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Poor job after return from maternity
My girlfriend has worked at her current company for 5 years. Her role was important to the company and very demanding. She became pregnant 2 years ago, left to have the baby and returned to work full time 1 year ago. When she returned, she found that most of her existing job was now being done by other people. They offered…
