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Made redundant last night
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Stephen90
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Hi, I literally lost my job last night which is the second time this has happened in 4 months. I worked for a small company which has 5 stores around the country with less than 50 employees in the company. The owner literally came into our store last night and said we're closing down tonight. You'll all receive an email. I've received an email saying you'll get a weeks notice pay. However in all our contracts it says to give notice we have to give or they have to give us 4 weeks notice. So am I right in saying we should all be receiving 4 weeks pay and not just a weeks pay?
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My take on it is if that's what your contract says then yes but don't forget if there's no money in the business to pay whats in the contract then all you get is 1 weeks pay.
Do you know the reasons why ? Is it because its making a loss.0 -
Well he said he's been trying to reach an agreement with the owners of the building for 14 weeks but couldn't work anything out so is just closing the store. All of the other stores are staying open.0
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That's not the correct procedure for redundancy.I am not a cat (But my friend is)0
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As it appears the OP has only worked there for 4 months it wouldn't be redundancy anyway. They are just being given notice. What the contract states should apply.0
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Yeah I've only worked there for 4 months but it was done really unprofessionally. I basically had to tell the staff what was happening as he didn't want to speak to any of the staff. He was like they'll get an email.0
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Yeah I've only worked there for 4 months but it was done really unprofessionally. I basically had to tell the staff what was happening as he didn't want to speak to any of the staff. He was like they'll get an email.
Being "unprofessional", asking you to tell others and using email are irrelevant. First thing for you to do is speak to him about the terms of the contract regarding your notice period.0 -
Yeah I am going to email him with a picture of the contract.0
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My manager has spoken to the owner about what all of our contracts say and he has agreed to pay us 4 weeks notice now.0
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My manager has spoken to the owner about what all of our contracts say and he has agreed to pay us 4 weeks notice now.
Based on what you have posted here you have a right to 4 weeks pay (or they could insist you work those weeks). You also have the right to be paid for any accrued but untaken holiday (roughly 1 day for every two weeks worked).
If they fail to pay either or both you could make a claim either in the small claims court or at an employment tribunal. However, there is only any point in suing if they have the money to pay!0 -
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