culling begins...

Gorgeous_George

mvengemvenge wrote: »

AFAIK, PN, the 21-month 'package' will only be offered for a short period to 'higher' grades. That's what previous articles have stated. The vast majority of civil servants, etc, will get 12 months, I believe. I'm happy to be corrected, however.

It's 1 month for each year worked with a maximum of...

...12 months for compulsory (+3 months notice)

and

...21 months for voluntary (including notice period)

Still has to go through Parliament.

People on less than £23K will have £23K pa for redundancy pay calculations.

GG

Graham_Devon

ILW wrote: »

Sorry, just wonder how you can injure yourself lifting a file.

Hell, we had a health and safety course and had to teach 20-60 year olds how to walk up stairs and hold the banister AND had to pass them all and give documentary evidence they carried out this task to an acceptable level.

Thankfully, the coalition looks to be getting rid of all this madness....which means loads of jobs going.

Currently someone is looking to sue, and has taken advice for lifting 2 bottles of water and injuring their back. Those big bottles for the machines. Thing is, no one actually asked her to lift them, or move them...and indeed, no one asked her to do two at a time. But of course, sue the employer.

robin_banks

The_White_Horse wrote: »

i went to ireland and they have no council tax and simply pay 10 eur for their bin to be collected. so a weekly collection would cost me 40 eur a month instead of nearly 200gbp.

For how much longer?.

michaels

Gorgeous_George wrote: »

It's 1 month for each year worked with a maximum of...

...12 months for compulsory (+3 months notice)

and

...21 months for voluntary (including notice period)

Still has to go through Parliament.

People on less than £23K will have £23K pa for redundancy pay calculations.

GG

As opposed to 1 week per year for normal workers - no wonder they are up in arms...

Sir_Humphrey

The_White_Horse wrote: »

have meetings and decide new ways of how they can take my council tax from me and give it to some filthy work shy chav, so they can drink stella and watch jeremy kyle on my money.

Thanks. You've just demonstrated my point.

Gorgeous_George

michaels wrote: »

As opposed to 1 week per year for normal workers - no wonder they are up in arms...

I appreciate that the terms may seem generous. However, if the employer offers generous terms, one could argue that they should be honoured.

GG

ILW

Gorgeous_George wrote: »

I appreciate that the terms may seem generous. However, if the employer offers generous terms, one could argue that they should be honoured.

GG

Possibly an employer should not be offering over generous terms when they are using others peoples money to pay for them.

olly300

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Currently someone is looking to sue, and has taken advice for lifting 2 bottles of water and injuring their back. Those big bottles for the machines. Thing is, no one actually asked her to lift them, or move them...and indeed, no one asked her to do two at a time. But of course, sue the employer.

Problem is for any employer it's cheaper to pay someone off then fight them due to solicitors fees.

However large firms and public sector bodies are normally happy to fight people all the way through the courts even if they are completely wrong in law and have no chance in winning.

Large firms because they don't want the bad publicity against their brand name, and public sector bodies because it ain't their money.

However large firms will eventually settle at the final hour if their solicitors tactics don't work against the claimant, there as public sector bodies will still take it to court regardless.

amcluesent

>6000 at wirral council.<

Just another 594,000 to go then across the public sector. The P45 producing section of the DWP will have 3 shifts working 24*7.

Snooze

Sack them all for me. Total waste of space. Just send some blokes round every week or so with a bin truck and I'd be happy. I'd even be happy to pay them cash on collection and do away with council tax altogether.

Council's are just self-serving jobs-for-the-boys outfits. :mad: