Need serious help after being made redundant

ashleygg123

Hi,

So as of tomorrow, I will be made redundant after 3/4 years service. My area manager broke the news around 4 months back (first consultation) but i haven't heard or seen him since then. My manager is also in the dark about the situation.

However I haven't been told anything after that, i haven't had any more consultations, or what my redundancy pay will be or when i will receive it. all i have received is a letter which states nothing about the situation about whats happening but they offer their apologies.

I will be forced to leave my job without any information on what i'm going to receive.

for a legal point of view, do I have the grounds to sue? also could anyone suggest anything that may help me?

thanks,
A.

_Emma_

Do you have an HR department/person you can speak to?
From a legal stand point, I really don't know but maybe citizen advice bureau?

I know the feeling of not having a job, really sorry to hear this and hope it works out for you.

Poppops

Depends on how many people are being made redundant at the same time. The rules are different.

I would assume you are getting statutory redundancy if you haven't heard otherwise. This is age dependent.

For every year you were 21 or under you get half a weeks pay. Between 22 and 40 it is a week, and 41 and over it is a week and a half. There is a cap on weekly pay though at around £460.

Was there no-one you could discuss this with?

Another_not_new_user

ashleygg123 wrote: »

Hi,

So as of tomorrow, I will be made redundant after 3/4 years service. My area manager broke the news around 4 months back (first consultation) but i haven't heard or seen him since then. My manager is also in the dark about the situation.

However I haven't been told anything after that, i haven't had any more consultations, or what my redundancy pay will be or when i will receive it. all i have received is a letter which states nothing about the situation about whats happening but they offer their apologies.

I will be forced to leave my job without any information on what i'm going to receive.

for a legal point of view, do I have the grounds to sue? also could anyone suggest anything that may help me?

thanks,
A.

It may seem like a stupid question, but if you haven't been served notice, how do you know that you are redundant?


But other than that, there isn't nearly enough information here - size of company, content of first consultation, reason given, what the letter actually says. Basically any information at all. What you describe isn't really good practice, even for a small firm, but from a legal standpoint that isn't enough to say whether this is fair or not.


As for a letter stating entitlements - they don't have to issue one.

TBagpuss

https://www.gov.uk/calculate-your-redundancy-pay may be helpful so you can get an idea of what the minimum is that you should get.

What did the letter say, and who was it from? I would suggest that the first move would be to contact that person and to ask them for clarification on the current situation.
Is this is a case where the company or your office is closing so everyone is redundant,? If not, are you sure you have been made redundant, not simply warned that you are at risk?

tazwhoever

I feel very sorry for those get made redundant.

dotdash79

tazwhoever wrote: »

I feel very sorry for those get made redundant.

I got made redundant 3 days before christmas last year, just after returning to work after 5 month off from being hit by a car.

I've been lucky that I have got 6 months of salary to see me through, but after feeling down for a couple of days I've realised that it's going to be the best thing that could have happened to me.

I wasn't happy at the place and was thinking of leaving in the next 12 months. I'm sorting myself out some training in the area I want to work and not spend a fortune on travel each month.

prowla

dotdash79 wrote: »

I got made redundant 3 days before christmas last year, just after returning to work after 5 month off from being hit by a car.

I've been lucky that I have got 6 months of salary to see me through, but after feeling down for a couple of days I've realised that it's going to be the best thing that could have happened to me.

I wasn't happy at the place and was thinking of leaving in the next 12 months. I'm sorting myself out some training in the area I want to work and not spend a fortune on travel each month.

If you are looking at training, the JC may be able to help out, though it's slow to get going and you may find work before you get it!

asajj

Another_not_new_user wrote: »

It may seem like a stupid question, but if you haven't been served notice, how do you know that you are redundant?


But other than that, there isn't nearly enough information here - size of company, content of first consultation, reason given, what the letter actually says. Basically any information at all. What you describe isn't really good practice, even for a small firm, but from a legal standpoint that isn't enough to say whether this is fair or not.


As for a letter stating entitlements - they don't have to issue one.

He was told by the manager that he is being made redundant and as far as I know it counts as notice.

For consultation, see below.

https://www.gov.uk/redundant-your-rights/consultation

You should be entitled to receive statutory redundancy and giving the way your company handled (!) the situation, they don't have to provide anything top of it.
You can calculate the link via above link too.

I'm sorry that this happened to you this way but sometimes bad things lead to good things - I have had this in my life couple of times.

Another_not_new_user

asajj wrote: »

He was told by the manager that he is being made redundant and as far as I know it counts as notice.
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Not unless notice was served it doesn't. Being at risk and in consultation is not the same thing. Notice of termination must be served for a contract to terminate. But until the OP answers the questions, then it's impossible to give advice on the actual redundancy - or not redundancy.