Laid Off / Redundancy Advice

jpwild

April 5th best thing happened to me that I got laid off from work. I then have claimed no JSA, and in fact signed up to do a HND course starting this Sep or October. Very excited, and financial I am fine.

However, I want to make sure that I am aware of full facts regarding situation of laid off and redundancy.

This is general facts:


I am not being paid whilst laid off. I was laid off pretty much because of declining business levels. A few others have been laid off too. It is a small LTD company. I received a letter stating that I am being laid off due to low work levels.

I received guarantee pay of around 2 or so days wages when I was laid off according to my pay slip in April.

I have been on £6.50 for two years, but the employment contract has me down at £5.05 when I first joined them in August, 2006.

I know the company is looking at making redundancies.

I was laid off on Tuesday April 5th.

I have been there since late August, 2006. I am 27 years old.

I worked around 40 hours a week.

I am pretty certain that I, and others, will be getting redundant.

Basically I would like to know the time scale for when they have to contact me and inform me of this given the fact that I have been laid of since April?

Regardless of what a contract says or not, I am entitled to statutory redundancy pay.

Do I have to ask the company for redundancy pay?

Many thanks.

SarEl

You have to ask for redundancy. See here http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Understandingyourworkstatus/Temporarylayoff/DG_10026693