Redundancy - Consultation & New Jobs on offer

hawkis

Afternoon all
I've asked about on this question but nobody seems quite sure.
It looks like my job is to be made redundant. There seems to be no question over whether it's going to happen or not. It is!
Anyway, I'm in the middle of a 30 day consultancy period at the moment which has just been extended by a week or so. Not really bothered by that, the longer it goes the better AFAIC.
In the two meetings I've had so far, I've been shown a proposed restructure and advised that it is only a proposal at the moment and nothing is definite.
I have also been given a list of jobs that I can apply for within the company.
Three of those jobs are part of the proposed restructure.
Five of my colleagues are also being invited to apply for the same jobs. Those five colleagues' jobs are being proposed as being made redundant and the three jobs on offer are basically taking five jobs down to three.
Hope you follow...

Anyway, my question is this: How can I be invited to apply for jobs that are part of a restructure that hasn't been finalised or confirmed?
Two of my colleagues are actually interviewing for their own jobs this week.
Have I misunderstood something?

Also, can I hold them to a mistake on my notice period they've made?
They've told me I have 7 weeks notice (7 years continuous service) but the extract from the staff handbook they sent me says that if being made redundant, my contracted notice period applies. In my case, that's 4 weeks.

Happy to answer any questions you many have for clarification.

Cheers,

H

pelirocco

hawkis wrote: »

Afternoon all
I've asked about on this question but nobody seems quite sure.
It looks like my job is to be made redundant. There seems to be no question over whether it's going to happen or not. It is!
Anyway, I'm in the middle of a 30 day consultancy period at the moment which has just been extended by a week or so. Not really bothered by that, the longer it goes the better AFAIC.
In the two meetings I've had so far, I've been shown a proposed restructure and advised that it is only a proposal at the moment and nothing is definite.
I have also been given a list of jobs that I can apply for within the company.
Three of those jobs are part of the proposed restructure.
Five of my colleagues are also being invited to apply for the same jobs. Those five colleagues' jobs are being proposed as being made redundant and the three jobs on offer are basically taking five jobs down to three.
Hope you follow...

Anyway, my question is this: How can I be invited to apply for jobs that are part of a restructure that hasn't been finalised or confirmed?
Two of my colleagues are actually interviewing for their own jobs this week.
Have I misunderstood something?

Also, can I hold them to a mistake on my notice period they've made?
They've told me I have 7 weeks notice (7 years continuous service) but the extract from the staff handbook they sent me says that if being made redundant, my contracted notice period applies. In my case, that's 4 weeks.

Happy to answer any questions you many have for clarification.

Cheers,

H

I believe employment law on redundancy trumps employment contracts ,if your contracts give you less than the 1 week per year worked

hawkis

Ah, I see. Ok, that's clear on the notice period question now, thank you.

getmore4less

Notice is the longer of contractual or statutory

Your statutory notice to the company is 1 week.
The companies statutory notice to you is 1 week per year max 12.

sangie595

The employer is legally required to give your an opportunity to compete - or be offered - any suitable alternative. So they are quite correct to tell you that these jobs may be available even if the structure isn't fully finalised.

hawkis

sangie595 wrote: »

The employer is legally required to give your an opportunity to compete - or be offered - any suitable alternative. So they are quite correct to tell you that these jobs may be available even if the structure isn't fully finalised.

Lovely, thanks for that.