I want to be made redundant

JoolzS

Thanks for providing more proof, to more employers, that employing a woman of child-bearing age is a bad idea.

Julie

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JoolzS wrote: »

Thanks for providing more proof, to more employers, that employing a woman of child-bearing age is a bad idea.

Julie

LindsayO

I don't think you will get them to give you voluntary redundancy, unless they need to make someone in your role or team redundant anyway. Given that they have recently made two redundnacies in your team it seems unlikely, unless things have changed or they got it wrong and really should have made 3 people redundant. Also if they don't have an active voluntary redundancy scheme, then I don't think they have to give you a redundancy payment that matches what your colleagues got. So you should be careful what you ask for, as you may find yourself without a job, with a very small payout and a new baby to support

So I think you should start thinking about your other options. Would you be able to work part-time? would they go for it? would it work financially? could you change your living arrangements so that you can afford to stop working altogether?

Pete111

Ok. fair question to ask but tricky to pull off.

First up, the company will have no obligation whatsoever to offer redundancy. Your mention of them leaving you alone as you were on maternity is quite possibly beacuse it can be risky to make those maternity redundant (though it can certainly be done). The fact you may have had some residual protection against redundancy whilst on maternity should not be seen as a negative however!

So working on the assumption that there is nothing you can hold against them, if you want to find out if this will fly your best bet is to initiate a without prejudice conversation with HR/your manager. If you are feeling pushy, you could start with a request for flexible working and work towards the redundancy question from that point, though it is a little underhand IMHO. Conversely, you may even find that the company might grant the FW and this might turn out to be the best of both worlds.

Your company cannot fire you for asking the question re redundancy, but understandably if they refuse then it will be open knowledge that you don't want to be there and this may have knock on effects in other areaa of your working relationship when you return

Finally as other posters have written you do need to ensure that taking redundancy is what you really want - the money will run out at some point and you need to be sure it's actually worth asking the question before you do.

P

Ewarwoowar2

kateab wrote: »

No, I haven't moved the goalposts, mr hotshot lawyer.

You did incorrectly state the law and what you said was misleading to a person on maternity involved in a redundancy exercise.

Based on what you said, such a person may think that they are entitled to “first refusal on ANY vacancy in the company and you have to be offered the role without having to attend interview or anything”.

They would only be entitled to a vacant job if it was suitable for them, hence a cleaner on maternity would not be entitled to be offered a job in accounts if she didn’t have the relevant qualifications or experience needed for the accountancy position. In any event, the employer may ask the woman on maternity facing redundancy to attend an interview to consider whether they are suitable for the vacant position.

glittergirl1

In regards to voluntary redundancy. If offered it and I took it, would I be able to apply for Bankruptcy ??

Thanks.

Horace

glittergirl1 wrote: »

In regards to voluntary redundancy. If offered it and I took it, would I be able to apply for Bankruptcy ??

Thanks.

Its better to ask this on the Bankruptcy board. However, I cannot see why you would want to declare yourself bankrupt. You don't even know if you will be offered voluntary redundancy or any other kind ore redundancy as yet. Surely any payment such that it is would be better spent on your debts?