Unpaid redundancy money

Dinks786

My daughter was put in the position of having to apply for her own teaching job last year which was duly given to a cheaper newly qualified, she has since left the profession but her union the NEU advised her that she was entitled to 3 years redundancy money, she has never received it, in December the union said there’s nothing more they can do as over 3 months have elapsed since the school agreed to pay. This does  not seem right to me, not sure where to go with this?
Any advice gratefully received,
TIA

penners324

Has she chased the school? Threatened legal action etc?
Referred them to an Employment Tribunal?

JCS1

penners324 said:

Has she chased the school? Threatened legal action etc?
Referred them to an Employment Tribunal?

The 3 month limit the union referred to is employment tribunal, they would appear to be out of time for that route.

MalMonroe

Dinks786 said:

My daughter was put in the position of having to apply for her own teaching job last year which was duly given to a cheaper newly qualified, she has since left the profession but her union the NEU advised her that she was entitled to 3 years redundancy money, she has never received it, in December the union said there’s nothing more they can do as over 3 months have elapsed since the school agreed to pay. This does  not seem right to me, not sure where to go with this?
Any advice gratefully received,
TIA

Hi, it appears that your daughter didn't receive all the information she should have at the time of leaving her job. Was she made redundant or simply pushed aside? When someone is made redundant that usually means that their job is no longer required, which doesn't seem to be the case here as you say someone cheaper and newly qualified has taken over. 

Your daughter really needs to get all her facts and figures together and find out if she is entitled to any redundancy at all.

If she was employed by a state school she could contact her local council to discuss what's happened.

And she can also contact acas to find out what her rights are. Info in the following link - https://www.acas.org.uk/contact

If your daughter's old job is now being done by someone else, then acas can give advice. 

It could be that your daughter hasn't told you the whole story because it does sound very strange and if she was given three months in which to act, it isn't clear why she didn't take that time to do so. You say she's left the profession now, maybe that is a big relief for her, too.