Redundancy - when to sign on?

lin473

I know nothing about these things - OH has been made redundant - he has 9 weeks paid notice and will have to work some of this but maybe not all (it will vary as the whole branch is closing and some will be needed to wind up and others won't)
He then will have one and a half weeks redundancy pay for every year of service - 9 years in his case.
He has already applied for alternative employment but has serious health issues which may make it difficult to find another job.
At what point will he have to sign on?
Thanks.

kittycatsam

As soon as he is unemployed he can sign on, look on the directgov site for details how. The first 3 days of the claim are unpaid so it's best to do it straight away.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/BeginnersGuideToBenefits/DG_4016266

Chartered_Eng

kittycatsam wrote: »

As soon as he is unemployed he can sign on, look on the directgov site for details how. The first 3 days of the claim are unpaid so it's best to do it straight away.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/BeginnersGuideToBenefits/DG_4016266

It's also important to claim straight away as you cannot claim retrospectively for JSA. So either claim the day before or at the latest the first day of being a Jobseeker.

lin473

Thanks all - it surprises me that he is allowed to sign on if he has received pay in lieu of notice.
Does anyone know of the company can make him continue to work during this 9 week period as they say in his letter that they may require it for clearing up purposes.
Some people he works with say they will refuse as they have no right to ask them to work.
I can't see how he can sign on if his bosses might call him in to work as he isn't available for work?
What if he's offered another job?
Perhaps I'm being dim, but I'm finding it a bit confusing.

getmore4less

lin473 wrote: »

Thanks all - it surprises me that he is allowed to sign on if he has received pay in lieu of notice.
Does anyone know of the company can make him continue to work during this 9 week period as they say in his letter that they may require it for clearing up purposes.
Some people he works with say they will refuse as they have no right to ask them to work.
I can't see how he can sign on if his bosses might call him in to work as he isn't available for work?
What if he's offered another job?
Perhaps I'm being dim, but I'm finding it a bit confusing.

Depends if the contract is termnated with PILON then that's it jobs finished. Sign on imediately

If they terminate at the end of notice but put on garden leave then he is still contracted to work if asked. This can impede starting another job is there are restrictions and a new employer may not be happy that you are stiill contratced to the old employer and might have to work.

Check the termination letter.

dickydonkin

Thanks all - it surprises me that he is allowed to sign on if he has received pay in lieu of notice.

I stand to be corrected, but I believe that used to be the case, however, when my job was made redundant, I was also told to 'sign on' immediately as I would still be able to claim contribution based jsa and would be paid irrespective of savings, redundancy pay or PILON as this was classed as capital even though I was above the threshold of £16,000.

I was placed on 'garden leave' during the redundancy procedure, however I was aware that I could be recalled to work during that time - which never happened of course.