Redundancy Entitlement

22Miggy

I work for a local government office and I'm being made redundant on the 31st August 2009.I have been offered and accepted a new job within the 'public sector' but the new job doesn't begin until 1st October 2009.Does anybody know if I am entitled to any redundancy payment?

scope

If the new position is with the same company (local government) then you are not being made redundant, so should get paid as normal, i might be wrong though.

McKneff

yes, i agree with scope, you will only be 'away' from the job for a month
so i would think you would get a normal months salary, if they dont ask them why not.

22Miggy

thanks for your replies. Does anybody know that about having the 28 days + 1 day as a break of service and then entitled to redundancy pay regardless of going back intothe same sector?

McKneff

I think you would be better giving ACAS a ring to get definitive information.
Good luck

LinasPilibaitisisbatman

If being made redundant terms almost always certainly bar a return without repaying a sum of the redundancy money within a set time

getmore4less

22Miggy wrote: »

thanks for your replies. Does anybody know that about having the 28 days + 1 day as a break of service and then entitled to redundancy pay regardless of going back intothe same sector?

Continuity is normaly broken by 1week, but some sectors have special rules you need to check if this particular public sector has them or not.

Redundancy resets the clock and if there is clawback but no continuity you can loose out long term if made redundant again

Might be better to arrange for continuity of the employment and use holiday or some other way to bridge the gap if they won't pay you.

You probably should be looking to get the new job counted as a way to avoid redundancy(as part of the consultation) so one or other of the departments just pays you as normal.

LittleVoice

Is the new job actually with the same employer?

The public sector is surely not "one employer". For instance, a local authority is public sector but moving to a role working for another local authority or the Department of Health or a NSPB is not with the same employer. If you had to search out the new job rather than have it offered by your current employer during negotiations, then I would expect it not to affect your redundancy payment.