Redundancy notice

LostinLife_2

Hi there,

please can you possibly help.

I was given a notice of redundancy today - i am now on gardening leave for 2 weeks.
In my mind its a foregone conclusion - i will be made redundant, and i am trying to be pragmatic about it all.

However, i do not have the slightest clues as to what type of questions i need to be asking. Can someone please help?

Also i was given a piece of paper one the section which says 'redundancy consultation period' its dated mid-october to early january. Surely if this only happened today this date needs to be adjusted.

marlot

Really sorry to hear your news.

Here are some links which may help:

ACAS- Advisory, Consiliation and Arbitration Service

Telephone: 08457 474 747

Web: http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1611

Directgov- Calculating Your Redundancy Pay:

https://www.gov.uk/calculate-your-redundancy-pay

Directgov- Benefit Advisor Service:

https://www.gov.uk/benefits-adviser

Directgov- Jobseeker:

Telephone: 0845 606 0234

Web: https://www.gov.uk/jobseeker-direct

shaz77_2

In relation to redundancy payments is the minimum you can get from the employer the statutory or do you get one from the company and the statutory from the government?

Apologies if this sounds stupid.

Dirk_Gently_2

No the company pays you the statutory - and I believe they claim it back from the government. You only get it the once, though - one week's basic salary for every year worked (capped at £430/week) as long as you've worked 2 or more years. Multiply by 1.5 if you're over 41, and halve if you're under 22.

zzzLazyDaisy

Dirk_Gently wrote: »

No the company pays you the statutory - and I believe they claim it back from the government. You only get it the once, though - one week's basic salary for every year worked (capped at £430/week) as long as you've worked 2 or more years. Multiply by 1.5 if you're over 41, and halve if you're under 22.

The employer pays the statutory redundancy pay, but they do not get it back from the government! Also the method of calculation described above is too simplistic, so will not be accurate.

You can get an accurate calculation by inputting your details here:

https://www.gov.uk/calculate-your-redundancy-pay