short time, redundancy or lack of notice

shed_head_2

Just over a week ago my partner came home saying that he had been called to see his boss and that he was told that they needed to lay him off as the company he was working for was not making any money, they could offer him a day here and there on a temp basis, and they would offer him one day a week at one of the other family businesses.
At the end of the meeting he clarified and was told yes I am giving you a weeks notice.

He has worked for the family full time across various companies for 6 years, part time for 4 years previous to that.

We are trying to find out if he should be made redundant or have a longer notice period.

The son in law (runs the part of the co my oh work for) is saying things like, "I have a mate who will do that for a few beers" when talking about parts of my partners old job.


Its all a bit messy, he went in on monday did 6 hours work and they wanted to pay him as if he was self employed on less then his old salery.

Any thoughts advice would be greatly appreciated.

McKneff

He must get things clarified and in writing.

If they make him redundant they must give him 1 weeks notice for each full year he has been employed.

They must also give him 1 weeks redundancy pay (capped at £400 per week) for each full year he has been employed (1.5 weeks if he is over 41)

Any accrued holiday.

getmore4less

Needs to clarify

Lay off has special meaning with rules and payments

Allthough often used to mean termination.

Does the contract have layoff clauses if not then they can only do it through negotiation.

Has he worked continuously for the 10 years,
Establishing the service will be critical to determining any payments due.

shed_head_2

Sigh They are ex fair ground people who now own arcades. Not contract ever, just conversations. They have a number of different companies and although he works across all of them "fixing things". I agree he needs to talk to the "Boss" and clarify the situation. It was the company accountant who mentioned redundancy when he went to sort his holiday pay out. They were not going to pay that if I had not asked.

Where do I find out about the lay of bit with special rules etc?

Oh and many thanks for your replies

Shed

SarEl

Even more sighs I'm afraid. I am not clear that he works for (is employed by) a company from what you have said. If he works across a range of different companies fixing things, he may not be an employee of any company. Can you explain more about how he is employed?

getmore4less

Who pays the tax and NI?

any payslips

shed_head_2

yes weekly payslips from one of the companies, he works 40 hours a week and pays tax and NI on it.
I think they bill the others for his time!

His payslips have moved between two different companies for the last 6 years, at one point his tax code was spread across the two companies. He has always done the same job though irrelevent of how he got paid.

Shed