Been made redundant whilst on maternity...

martinsurrey

Priya79 wrote: »

No I don't want revenge I have requested a reasonable financial package.

so the PA of the new role is not based where you are, so is the following statement correct.

You are the only PA in your current location who's work has decreased?

If the answer to that is yes, then they could get away with making yours a pool of one. Your case on this one is not clear cut.

The switch from CEO to MD PA is much more clear cut, they forced you from CEO PA to MD PA while you were on maternity, and threatened, you with redundancy which is clear cut against the law.

I don't know the best way forward, but without dredging up the past I don't think you're onto a winner.

chanz4

Priya79 wrote: »

Hi all, thank you very much for your responses.

I spoke with HR yesterday and they said they will get back to me next week having heard my case.
The MD who has now left - his job has been merged into one - so another guy is doing his job and he already has a PA based in York. They didn't pool her in. I did give them a chance to correct themselves but they didn't. I also asked a few times as to why no other PA's had been pooled into the process.

I also thought that since I was the PA to the CEO - they could have pooled that PA into the process? as my role is interchangeable. I didn't realise it was against the law to recruit a Permanent PA to cover my maternity leave. (I should have also added when I went on Mat leave the first time I was told that the reason for the perm PA is because they will need 2 PA's in the London office - which was not the case when I returned)

During the Redundancy process HR also harassed me into making decisions within 24 hours...e.g. the HR Mgr said to me that I will be made redundant and asked me if I will take a relatively small enhanced package (SRP plus £1.5k) and if so to let her know by 0900 the following morning so she can draw up the Settlement Agreement - and then went on to say that if I do take that then I won't have to pay tax etc (I know some parts of the payment are tax free but some are not. i.e. holiday and smp is taxable). After speaking to my solicitor - who advised I tell them to go through the proper channels to ensure I don't get into trouble from the HMRC.

I should also mention there was a round of PA redundancies early this year and 7-10 PA's were in the pool and the result was that 3-4 PA's were made redundant. However I wasn't pooled that time.

I am prepared to take them to an Employment Tribunal if the case is water tight, as I know how they've mistreated me for a second time and they've been quite bullyish with their whole approach but following my meeting yesterday they said they will let me know the outcome by next week. So will wait and see

Are you sure you explained it right to them, as redundancy pay package on top of stat isn't taxed and does appear on your wage slip

Priya79

Thank you for replying.

Yes I was technically the only PA to the MD, however the MD had 5-6 Regional Mgrs that reported to him who also had PA's - who weren't put into the redundancy pool - I have to add that they are dotted all over the country. I was fairly mobile and worked from home as well as London/Birmingham/Southampton or whereever I was asked to travel to. So with that in mind they should have pooled the London PA in as I could have travelled and worked there (as i did so for 3 years previously)

It is a little complicated. However the move from CEO PA to MD PA means today I am in a position of where I am being made redundant. If I was given my old job back when I returned from the first time I would still have a job.

When I asked the CEO when I went on mat leave the first time round why they are recruiting another permanent PA I was advised that there was a need for 2 PA's in that office even though to date there has only been the one. I asked why they couldn't place me in the London office as they said they needed two PA's in London to which I received no reply.

getmore4less

chanz4 wrote: »

Are you sure you explained it right to them, as redundancy pay package on top of stat isn't taxed and does appear on your wage slip

Redundacy payments can go on Pay slips as a not taxable payments upto £30k. as can the taxable bit that does not attract NI.

chanz4

getmore4less wrote: »

Redundacy payments can go on Pay slips as a not taxable payments upto £30k. as can the taxable bit that does not attract NI.

please re-read my post