recent change to contrated hrs and now being made redundant

keith888

hi there hoping some one may be able to give me some advice , due to the virus restrictions  and my. employer not wishing to continue me on the furllough as of the 1st of nov ,my hours have been reduced, thou im now thinking with in the month there will be redundancys, , does this mean i would only receive entitlement of a weeks pay of my new reduced hours . ive worked with employer for 10yrs and feel they knew this was going to happen .

Jeremy535897

The amount of weeks of redundancy you receive is dependent on the number of years you have been continuously employed, so if that was 10 full years, that would not change because your hours are reduced. Your rate of redundancy pay is based on your last 12 weeks of wages. Unpaid weeks are ignored, and weeks on furlough are treated as paid at full rate. However, as time goes on, your redundancy rate of pay will fall as more weeks at reduced hours are counted.

See https://www.gov.uk/redundancy-your-rights/redundancy-pay

keith888

sorry may not of explained it well, will they calculate my redundancy entitelment by my new contract ,only a month into it , 

Jeremy535897

It will still be based on your 10 years of service, but as more weeks go by at reduced hours, the rate you get will fall, because they look at the last 12 weeks of pay. For example, if your rate of pay was £400 a week (ignoring furlough) but fell to £200 a week 4 weeks ago, and you are age 40, if you were made redundant tomorrow, your average pay would be (£400 x 8 + £200 x 4)/12 = £333.33, entitling you to £3,333.33 redundancy pay. You should also get 10 weeks' notice pay and accrued holiday if any.