Redundancy - what should I be doing about this?

Blatchford

thecakefairy7 wrote: »

Sorry, I'm getting confused now.
My settlement agreement will be countersigned by the solicitor when appropriate with legal advice relating to that subject and that subject only.
The issue I am posting about has not really 'gone' officially to anyone. It has been raised by myself directly to the company.


To be clear again, I have questioned the decision but if they come back with an acceptable answer, I will not pursue it further.


I know what I want the outcome to be but because the grievance has been raised and the person dealing with it has had to go away and find out quite a lot of things, we haven't really got that far yet.

You clearly aren't following this. You said you have no legal insurance. You do. You have a trades union, and that is the definition of legal insurance for employment issues.

The settlement agreement isn't a separate issue. The issue is the redundancy. You got served notice of redundancy and didn't talk to the union. You got an offer of a settlement - which union officials are legally able to advise on and authorise - and went to a solicitor instead. The settlement is not an issue - it exists only because of the redundancy. A redundancy that you now want to challenge. It's all about redundancy. There is no other issue except the redundancy. The "win" on your objections is that they decide not to make you redundant - that's it. Not more pay. Not working from home. They can decide that they agree with you and you aren't redundant, and that's the nice settlement disappeared in a puff of smoke and you get to stay in a job you openly say you hate. At the end of that time they might find you more suitable work and you'll never get the payout.

Do you not see that you are at serious risk here of scoring an own goal? Which is what your union would have told you if you'd asked. It's probably what your solicitor would have told you if you'd asked. These things are not compartmentalized.

sew109

I have gone through a similar experience where the firm has not acted correctly, they paid me just enough not pursue legal action so took. Money and moved on. If it’s a good deal take the money and move why stay where you are not wanted fighting it will cause a load of grief and if you have been given a good deal you may not get any more.

DoctorStrange

If the work is now going to be done by a contractor at double the rate, and you’re capable of doing it, why set up a ltd company yourself and pitch for the work at a lower rate, say 1.5X?

Your “job” may no longer exist and so you can take the redundancy in good faith but if some elements of the “work” still need done there’s no reason you can’t be the contractor here...

There’d have to be a clean break between the engagements and working practices must be suitably different, but if both parties are willing this might be a way to resolve this as a win-win for you both?