Redundancy

Coco52

i have worked for the same company for 43 years, 41 years have been full time but for the last 2 has been part time , can i ask , how do they work out my redundancy pay would it be all the years on part time pay?

Soot2006

It should be all the years of continuous service (which is hopefully specified in a contract somewhere) for the duration. And the current salary.

Coco52

hi Soot2006 the redundancy would not be a company one this would be the Government redundancy its just when you go on the calculator its asks you for your weekly pay which now would be based on part time which is unfair because this is only for the last 2 years 

OsvaldL

I hope you're doing well. 

p00hsticks

Coco52 said:

hi Soot2006 the redundancy would not be a company one this would be the Government redundancy

In that case there is a cap both on the weekly wage and on the number of years service that are taken into account. https://www.gov.uk/your-rights-if-your-employer-is-insolvent/what-you-can-get

The salary figure to be used is the average over the last twelve weeks of employment I think - so I'm afraid that the fact that you worked full time and so had a higher wage two years ago won't be taken into consideration . 

sammyjammy

p00hsticks said:

Coco52 said:

hi Soot2006 the redundancy would not be a company one this would be the Government redundancy

In that case there is a cap both on the weekly wage and on the number of years service that are taken into account. https://www.gov.uk/your-rights-if-your-employer-is-insolvent/what-you-can-get

The salary figure to be used is the average over the last twelve weeks of employment I think - so I'm afraid that the fact that you worked full time and so had a higher wage two years ago won't be taken into consideration . 

I don't think this is true, I believe it works like pensions, you use full time salary but the years is worked out like a full timer, so if you work 50% of the hours of a full timer then two years of service would count as one year.

lincroft1710

sammyjammy said:

p00hsticks said:

Coco52 said:

hi Soot2006 the redundancy would not be a company one this would be the Government redundancy

In that case there is a cap both on the weekly wage and on the number of years service that are taken into account. https://www.gov.uk/your-rights-if-your-employer-is-insolvent/what-you-can-get

The salary figure to be used is the average over the last twelve weeks of employment I think - so I'm afraid that the fact that you worked full time and so had a higher wage two years ago won't be taken into consideration . 

I don't think this is true, I believe it works like pensions, you use full time salary but the years is worked out like a full timer, so if you work 50% of the hours of a full timer then two years of service would count as one year.

The government website appears not to agree

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

Length of service is capped at 20 years and your weekly pay is the average you earned per week over the 12 weeks before the day you got your redundancy notice


I think the reason for this is that redundancy is supposed to tide you over until you get a new job. So if you were currently earning £200 per week, you would be looking for a job that paid that rather than one that paid the £400 pw, you were earning over 2 years ago

Coco52

lincroft1710 said:

The government website appears not to agree

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

Length of service is capped at 20 years and your weekly pay is the average you earned per week over the 12 weeks before the day you got your redundancy notice


I think the reason for this is that redundancy is supposed to tide you over until you get a new job. So if you were currently earning £200 per week, you would be looking for a job that paid that rather than one that paid the £400 pw, you were earning over 2 years ago

ok so let me ask another question say i had worked for 41 years as a part timer and the last 2 years as a full timer when i go onto the calculator i would add my weekly pay now and it would calculate the years on full time even though i have only done 2 years how is that right 

400ixl

Basically yes.

Why is it unfair? They are compensating you against your current income.

How many weeks depends on the length of service and your age as there are age brackets where you get a different number of weeks per year.

• 0.5 week’s pay for each full year worked when you’re under 22
• 1 week’s pay for each full year worked when you’re between 22 and 41
• 1.5 week’s pay for each full year worked when you’re 41 or older

Coco52

400ixl said:

Basically yes.

Why is it unfair? They are compensating you against your current income.

How many weeks depends on the length of service and your age as there are age brackets where you get a different number of weeks per year.

• 0.5 week’s pay for each full year worked when you’re under 22
• 1 week’s pay for each full year worked when you’re between 22 and 41
• 1.5 week’s pay for each full year worked when you’re 41 or older

I’m sorry I do think it’s unfair and I believe it’s something they should look into because it’s morally wrong but that’s me and others may not agree but thank you 

400ixl

So if it were the other way around and you had gone from part time to full time you would be happy to only get a payment based on your part time salary.

Or were you expecting to pro-rata based on years full time and part time?