Redundancy - new contract - advice needed

Rowanblue

Hi

I've just been made redundant from a permanent job but redeployed into a one year contract with the same local government employer. However, they now tell me there is no pay protection (ie maintaining my present salary for a year) because this new (lower paid) contract is externally funded.

Had I got another permanent job at lower grade, then pay protection might have applied.... yet I'm not being employed by the external body - this is continuous service and our own policy seems to suggest pay protection should apply.

Help?

getmore4less

WHats the pay drop enough to no longer make it a suitable alternative

Can you reject it on those grounds and get redundancy.

Rowanblue

It's not enough to justify rejecting the job and another year's salary but enough to be annoying given the rising costs of everything!

But better than the dole....