Can being off "sick with stress" affect your upcoming redundancy payout?

MissSarah1972

Rochdale_Guy wrote: »

Oh, why do I bother honestly.....

Sorry if struggling with so many debts and losing my job isn't in your books as "stress"....

try having the stress once you have no job then you will know what real stress is.

MissSarah1972

Rochdale_Guy wrote: »

And if anyone asked me why I was off with stress, I'd be honest and tell them I was made redundant after 10 loyal years with the local Council.

Oh and have you thought about once the notice is over the stress will go away or you will still have stress?

MissSarah1972

Rochdale_Guy wrote: »

So no one in the history of the world has gone off work with stress when being told they are being made redundant?

I never did. I got told on the Friday and left the following week with only Gov Statatory pay out of 4 weeks times whatever it was £380 or something plus one month ILON payment.

It was goodbye and goodluck.

MissSarah1972

Rochdale_Guy wrote: »

10 weeks pay which equals just under a tenth of what I owe on my debts

10 weeks pay is less than 1/10th of what you owe???


You are saying you have debts of over two years full pay?????

Sambucus_Nigra

Rochdale guy - I don't know what the notice period is, but some companies could try and get out of paying redundancy by getting rid of you through capability - if you were off sick too long. So just bear that in mind. It's not likely with a council but it's just giving them ideas to reduce their overheads. Also, if you are looking for a new job, it's not good to have 'made redundant but was off sick for redundancy notice period' on a reference.

marybelle01

Rochdale_Guy wrote: »

Okay then, maybe a couple of days with that stomach bug that's been going round the building.....

I think you might find that the reaction you are getting here is because you put "sick with stress" and "stress" in inverted commas, therefore indicating that what you actually meant, since you cannot possibly know that you will become sick with stress, that you intend to lie about it. And you obviously are - because now it's a "stomach bug" that you might catch!

The problem is that potential employers are likely to react the same way - pretty much nobody believes the stress diagnosis these days because its been overused (as in the "bad back" that was referred to before). Right now, there are few parts of the public sector recruiting and they can afford to be really picky. The private sector is worse - they balk at sickness records of a week, never mind a month.

Evilm

If you feel like you are going to react this way then (assuming this is real "I can't cope stress" rather than "sour grapes") perhaps you should be preparing yourself now?

Set your paperwork in order, work out what you owe who and what you pay and how long for that is sustainable. try to reduce other costs now so that you have a bit more cash when the axe falls to use. Start looking around at jobs and agencies to see where opportunities might lay in the future. You may even find your ideal job and apply.

No reason why you can't prepare yourself for a worst case scenario now and cut the stress by already having a plan for when you need it. If you tell yourself "I won't be able to cope" then, guess what, you will most likely struggle to cope.

dancingfairy

It does sound like a horrid situation to be in. Sounds like you will be better off out of there (in the long run).
I'd be contacting CCCS and changing your dmp/payment arrangement. Do you know what your redundancy payment will be and how long you think you can live off it for?
Can you start getting your CV up together and looking for jobs?
Can you talk to other people in your team about things as it sounds like you all may be suffering? Do you use a computer at work- will you be able to use this to look for a new job?? Will your work be supporting you in finding new employment?
Best of Luck at such a difficult time.
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McKneff

I did 25 plus years and got told one day just after I walked in one morning, I got no warning, I was told that I would have to work my 12 weeks notice too. No time off for being upset at losing a job I loved. Not even an hour, 10 minutes having a cry in the wash room, that was it. After that I was an old aged pensioner.

kj*daisy

ILW wrote: »

You are public sector, with 10 years service you should get a pretty good wad of cash.

10 weeks pay, they only offer statutory redundancy pay - despite what the right wing media would have you think. Used to be more but most of us have had out terms and conditions changed back down to the minimum now.