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Redundancy when company entering CVA
My partner's employer has issued redundancy letters (after consultation - everyone is going!) and is planning to enter a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA) with an insolvency practitioner handling all the admin. They say they will pay salary to end April (date of termination) and anything else will need to be claimed from…
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Redundancy pay
Hi I have been employed part time for over 20 years and I have recently been told I am getting made redundant. Apparently I am only getting 12 years redundancy because I have been informed I didn't have a contract 20 years ago. Does this seem right or am I entitled to 20 years redundancy.
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Offered suitable position during redundancy notice period?
Hi, If you have been given notice of redundancy, with a finish date that takes into account your notice period.... Are they able to offer you suitable employment in that notice time? I'm struggling to understand if that is only allowed BEFORE the official letter of redundancy and starting to work your notice. Or one day…
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Redundancy & JSA (single parent )
Hi there. I was made redundant last week and will be receiving approx 17k redundancy (not yet received ) I am looking for work, but in the meantime I have an appointment at the job centre next week. I understand that I will receive contribution based JSA. But a friend has told me that I should receive extra due to having a…
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insolvency about six weeks ago the firm I was subcontracting for went into liquidatio
about six weeks ago the firm I was subcontracting for went into liquidation, I was owed nearly five weeks wages. I contacted the liquidators Wilie and Bisset and was told that the couldn't help me. Is there anyone that I can get in touch with to try and get my money. I don't have enough to pay anyone up front but would be…
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Calculating redundancy
I have had a chat today with my boss who told me my job is no longer needed. The alternative he offered me wasn't suitable so I turned it down. I have been with the firm 23 years at the beginning of May. They have to pay me 3 months notice. Am I right in assuming my redundancy includes the notice period as well which will…
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Need advice re job with company making me redundant...
Hi, So, my position ( and one other employees) is being made redundant due to a restructure of the department. I'm on 30 day consultation currently. A position has been advertised within my company that I am am qualified for and experienced in, that is within my pay grade. Do the company have any obligation to offer me the…
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Redundancy & NI
Hi, Will be made redundant in a few days time & will receive PILON at end of April. I understand this is liable to tax/NI but if I receive £8800 as PILON & I don't do any further work, how much of a qualifying year will the NI that I pay (£469 based on month 1) make up? Its above the annual primary threshold but don't…
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Redundancy and taking the company to court
Hi I have been made redundant be a large international company, and am on Garden Leave. Couple of questions if I may Setting the scene.........The company has hit the affected people for pension reasons and to reduce wages and pension contributions for long term employees (long term employees have a far larger contribution…
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Still have work Laptop after redundancy
Hi, I was made redundant last October from a company that had a UK arm that now no longer exists. I was told in August and our office was gotten rid of the same month so we worked from home for the final few months. I was told to take home a company laptop and as I had a few catch ups during september/october with my old…
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redundancy and pension contributions
If your made redundant and lets say you will get 3 months notice but instead of working the notice,the company pay you the 3 months.If your in the company pension scheme and lets say the company pays in £100 a month.Do the company still pay the £100 for each of the 3 month of your notice that you are not actually working…
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Voluntary redundancy and I'll health retirement
Hi everyone My partner is 46 and has Parkinsons Disease and has been off work for nearly a year. She works for the Environment Agency. She was going down the ill health route but has now been offered VERS. The EA have said if she takes VERS she cannot take ill health. I don't think this is correct as if she left work now…
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Redundancy then Contractor
Hello All I am hoping someone can help me with some advice. I am in the process of being made redundant from my current role, the circumstances are somewhat complex but are as below. 1. My current role as a Service Delivery Owner/Manager was actually made redundant last year (November) as part of a company takeover 2. I…
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Overpayment following redundancy
I was recently made redundant and when I received my final payslip I noticed I had been overpaid by £6000. I contacted my employer immediately and made them aware of the error. They also replied straight away, thanked me for advising them and said they would look into it. Since then I have heard nothing. I know I am not…
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Voluntary Redundancy and a 6 Month Job Break As I Train For A New Career.....Help!
Hi guys, I'm in a small pickle with my future and some help would be fantastic. So let me paint the picture. I'm a single 34 year old chap from Essex who's been working for the same company Telecoms firm since i was 21. Now it's a fairly decent company but I must admit i've always planned to use it as a stop gap whilst my…
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Could be losing my job today.
I am on holiday at the moment but got a text from my boss inviting me to join a conference call this morning at 10:00 regarding a business restructure. Over the last 9 years we have laid off tens of thousands but not had a big cull for a while. My team is down from 30 to 13 and we have taken on more workstreams and are…
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Is this a case of Unfair dismissal ?
I have been working with this company for past 1 year 9 months (10 months fixed term contract and 11 months as permanent employee). Couple of months ago my manager came to me and to let me that they are planning to move me to different team in an alliance company and that she has sent out the proposal to other business…
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Unemployment Cover & Job Seekers....What happens when I get a job offer?
Good evening... I was made redundant a couple of months ago, I was fortunate to have a Mortgage Protection Plan in place. I have also been claiming job seekers to continue my NI credits. Do any of you know what happens if I get a job offer? I had an interview today, and the manager pretty much inferred I will be offered…
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working in pilon period
i am due to be made redundant in april. i will get approx 12000 and 3mths pay in lieu of notice. i am a single parent and recieve tax credits. my plan was to do temping work from april with a view to finding fulltime employment in september when the children go back to school. but if i work during tbe pilon period i am in…
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Am I entitled to redundancy pay?
I've been a civil servant for about 3.5 years. In august last year I moved departments on a mini promotion. The move was via an other government departmental transfer in order to preserve my continuous employment for the purposes of redundancy and pension. After a few months in the job I learned they were restructuring and…
