Redundancy when company entering CVA

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My partner's employer has issued redundancy letters (after consultation - everyone is going!) and is planning to enter a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA) with an insolvency practitioner handling all the admin.
They say they will pay salary to end April (date of termination) and anything else will need to be claimed from the government claim service. We phoned the Insolvency Service helpline and were advised to send a letter requesting payment of all money due under the employment contract anyway, as "this will make the claim process much easier". Does anyone know why? When they have already said they're not going to pay. Should he send that letter before or after the termination date?
Another question I have seen elsewhere, but people had different opinions! If statutory notice would add another year of service, but he only got 2 weeks notice, will the statutory redundancy include that extra year or not?
Thanks for any help.
They say they will pay salary to end April (date of termination) and anything else will need to be claimed from the government claim service. We phoned the Insolvency Service helpline and were advised to send a letter requesting payment of all money due under the employment contract anyway, as "this will make the claim process much easier". Does anyone know why? When they have already said they're not going to pay. Should he send that letter before or after the termination date?
Another question I have seen elsewhere, but people had different opinions! If statutory notice would add another year of service, but he only got 2 weeks notice, will the statutory redundancy include that extra year or not?
Thanks for any help.
GC Feb 2019 (to 10th) £397.07/£300
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Notice must be at least statutory notice. And yes, if that would take him over another complete year then he would be due the extra years payment. If statutory notice isn't being paid, then this needs to also be in the letter - the employer cannot simply vary the notice period to suit themselves.
Also I note on the government's guidance it says:
"You can claim statutory redundancy pay if you’re made redundant and if:
- you’ve been continuously employed for 2 or more years
- you apply in writing to your employer or an employment tribunal within 6 months of your job ending "
So I guess this letter is to satisfy that requirement, of applying in writing to the employer. We should probably tell the other employees, as they are being told the claim will be available to them when their employment ends. It does seem like a massive "get-out" on the part of the employer TBH.
When you write isn't as critical as being the written confirmation that he won't be paying. Make sure you include anything that you are owed - notice pay, holidays, expenses, etc as well as redundancy pay.
(It is a technical point as they're unlikely to pay it anyway! But just want to get the letter right.)
Many thanks for your quick replies. You must work with this stuff - don't envy you! What a minefield.