Redundancy and Return

vickk

I am leaving my company next week under VR terms. I have been asked if I will go back and do a weeks work in September and again at Christmas. I have been told that if I return inside 3 months my tax free status on the redundancy pay would be at risk but as September is over 3 months then I would be ok. Is this correct?

jazzyman01

Your job has been made redundant. You should not be impacted by any tax on any redundancy payment under 30k.

getmore4less

vickk wrote: »

I am leaving my company next week under VR terms. I have been asked if I will go back and do a weeks work in September and again at Christmas. I have been told that if I return inside 3 months my tax free status on the redundancy pay would be at risk but as September is over 3 months then I would be ok. Is this correct?

Who told you this?

If the redundancy was genuine then there should be no problem even if you went back just over a week later for genuine business reasons.

dropping to cover the odd week or two is not wven going back to the old job if it was a regular(full or part time) one before.

vickk

getmore4less wrote: »

Who told you this?

If the redundancy was genuine then there should be no problem even if you went back just over a week later for genuine business reasons.

dropping to cover the odd week or two is not wven going back to the old job if it was a regular(full or part time) one before.

My employer has told me this.

What they have offered is for me to do a weeks work in Sept and Dec with me also being willing to take calls from them if they have problems that I can help with in between the two dates. They are offering a min 150 hours pay even if I only do the two weeks and I can do it on a self employed basis or they will re employ me for a temporary period if I prefer them to handle the tax etc.

jazzyman01

They are incorrect - if you want to double check - as CAB or ACAS.

getmore4less

vickk wrote: »

My employer has told me this.

Ask them why and which bit of legislation they think applies.


Bet they don't have a clue

My guess is the think it relates to ET claims.

vickk

I put in for this vr when the company said they were looking to make reductions either vr or cr and the company has accepted. They have offered this "retainer" as they are concerned at losing my knowledge while other people are bedding in to new positions.

The 3 month gap is to their detriment and is no loss to me really so I assume they believe what they say is correct. If I ask and they find out they are wrong they may want me sooner and after 40 years of work I am looking forward to a couple of months off while I take stock of things and consider "what next"

Thanks for all the replies, my concern was if there was any risk the I would not agree to the offer.

getmore4less

Looks like an ET claim is their issue.
You are not redundant if they need you.

Tax issue is a tactic(not clever) to get you not to check they should have just made you redundant and then asked you back add hock later.

Are they offering a comprimise agreement?
Are they expecting you to actualy commit to these hours?

With any employment situation it is what you want that counts
How enhanced is the package so far?

As you say what are the risks of alerting them

If taking the money having a few weeks off and then consulting on MORE(you will get more expensive won't you) money work then go for it.

It happens a lot, win win.