redundancy advice needed please

vinnie1

im 15 weeks into my lay off ,8 of us got laid off at the same time ,6 of these have getting there redundancy ,12 weeks into my lay off i phoned my employer to ask what was happening ,he told me he was looking at a job and if it came off he would phone me ,if not he said after 13 weeks it would be redundancy, so i left it until the 13 weeks was up and phoned him again to ask what was happening about my redundancy pay ,he said have you put a letter in ,i told him is that what i have to do and told me put a letter in and he would pay me ,i put a letter in which he would of had for about 3 days now still waiting i have a feeling he does nt what to pay me and get out of it please any advice ive never been in this position before
how can i get my redundancy pay as this has been going on since may this year
thanks for your time
construction worker:mad:

SarEl

Sorry - but three days over a bank holiday weekend is not enough time to give an employer to do this. I understand that you may be feeling very fristrated, but you do have to give the employer a reasonable chance to respond. Wait until Thursday, and then if you haven't heard anything, ring the employer and ask what is going on. If that doesn't get you an answer, come back and tell us what was said.

McKneff

Hi Vinnie,

Your post would be a lot easier to read if you could put some paragraph spaces in.

Like the other poster says, give it a few more days. He cannot get out of paying you redundancy so dont worry about it.

Be patients. I know its difficult but you'll just have to wait.

vinnie1

thanks very much for your replies ,i just thought he has been trying to get out of paying me ,but if you say he cant that ok

SarEl

vinnie1 wrote: »

thanks very much for your replies ,i just thought he has been trying to get out of paying me ,but if you say he cant that ok

I didn't actually say that, although I know someone else did. It wouldn't be something I would say because I see employers get out of paying redundancy all the time. Or trying to. But it really is too early at this stage to make that assumption, so have a word later this week if you still haven't heard. It probably isn't a problem and it just needs sorting out, but you are right to keep an eye on things!

vinnie1

i sent my letter in asking for my redundancy pay on the 23/8/10.
Because it was a bank holiday week end ,i left it until the friday 3/9/10,I asked him if he recieved my letter and he said yes.
I told him that i hadn't recieved any letter of him,he told me that there had been a letter made for me and that he would chase it up.
In total this has went on now for 17 weeks still nothing

please what can i do, to get this resolved:mad:

vinnie1

any one been in this position advice please

Newly_retired

I suggest you contact your local CAB for advice.