📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

NHS - Made redundant - can I go to new NHS organisation as an agency temp and keep the redundancy?

Options
merlyn217
merlyn217 Posts: 31 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
edited 27 March 2024 at 12:57PM in Redundancy & redundancy planning
If someone is made redundant from the NHS and straight away starts working at another NHS organisation via an agency/ umbrella company, are they entitled to keep the redundancy pay?

It would appear that their new employer would be the umbrella company rather than the NHS, but is anyone aware of any terms or clauses which would mean that this course of action would mean the redundancy payment is forfeit?

Thanks in advance for any thoughts or knowledge in this area. 

Comments

  • LightFlare
    LightFlare Posts: 1,467 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Name Dropper
    Are you sure its actually redundancy ?

  • merlyn217
    merlyn217 Posts: 31 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 27 March 2024 at 12:56PM
    Are you sure its actually redundancy ?

    Thanks for asking this question.
    I understand the title may have been confusing so I've edited it to make my question more clear?

    Yes 100% (per letter recieved from HR).
    The temp agency role is a different job in a different NHS organisation.
  • LightFlare
    LightFlare Posts: 1,467 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Name Dropper
    Happy days then.

    Reason I asked is that it’s quite unusual for the NHS to make a person (not a role) redundant and will normally try to redeploy.

    The situation is the same as if you were made redundant from Company A making widgets and immediately got a job with Company B also making widgets.

    Take the money and enjoy 
  • tacpot12
    tacpot12 Posts: 9,261 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I found this here: NHS redundancy arrangements | NHS Employers

    "Section 16 (England): 16.20 of the NHS terms and conditions of service handbook states that employees are not entitled to a redundancy payment if, at the date of the termination of their contract, they have obtained without a break or with a break not exceeding four weeks, suitable alternative employment in the NHS. We therefore advise that if employees obtain suitable alternative employment within four weeks of the termination of their contract, they would not be entitled to their redundancy payment."

    So you need to avoid accepting a job with any NHS employer until the date your current contract ends OR ensure that you have at least four weeks between your end date and start date.
    The comments I post are my personal opinion. While I try to check everything is correct before posting, I can and do make mistakes, so always try to check official information sources before relying on my posts.
  • DullGreyGuy
    DullGreyGuy Posts: 18,613 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Second Anniversary Name Dropper
    tacpot12 said:
    I found this here: NHS redundancy arrangements | NHS Employers

    "Section 16 (England): 16.20 of the NHS terms and conditions of service handbook states that employees are not entitled to a redundancy payment if, at the date of the termination of their contract, they have obtained without a break or with a break not exceeding four weeks, suitable alternative employment in the NHS. We therefore advise that if employees obtain suitable alternative employment within four weeks of the termination of their contract, they would not be entitled to their redundancy payment."

    So you need to avoid accepting a job with any NHS employer until the date your current contract ends OR ensure that you have at least four weeks between your end date and start date.
    But operating via an umbrella the umbrella company is your legal employer and the NHS is the client
  • merlyn217
    merlyn217 Posts: 31 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    tacpot12 said:
    I found this here: NHS redundancy arrangements | NHS Employers

    "Section 16 (England): 16.20 of the NHS terms and conditions of service handbook states that employees are not entitled to a redundancy payment if, at the date of the termination of their contract, they have obtained without a break or with a break not exceeding four weeks, suitable alternative employment in the NHS. We therefore advise that if employees obtain suitable alternative employment within four weeks of the termination of their contract, they would not be entitled to their redundancy payment."

    So you need to avoid accepting a job with any NHS employer until the date your current contract ends OR ensure that you have at least four weeks between your end date and start date.
    So the  question is: If I am (contractually) employed by an umbrella company to perform duties for an NHS organisation; could that be argued as 'accepting a job with any NHS employer' ?
  • merlyn217
    merlyn217 Posts: 31 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Just wanted to give this post a nudge in case anyone else had any insight as to the official NHS position.
  • General_Grant
    General_Grant Posts: 5,282 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 14 April 2024 at 6:54PM
    My experience is from a reorganisation which happened a few years ago.

    As staff we said "goodbye and here's a leaving present" to someone on a Friday evening and on Monday morning he walked back through the door.  He had become employed by a firm providing services and not directly by the NHS organisation.

    So as long as not an NHS employer, you should be able to keep your redundancy pay.
  • LightFlare
    LightFlare Posts: 1,467 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Name Dropper
    edited 20 June 2024 at 10:53AM
    It depends who owns the umbrella organisation, if you are the registered owner then no
    probably all dealt with anyway as the post is nearly 3 months old

    slightly odd to come back after 11 years to post on this specific old thread
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351.1K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.6K Spending & Discounts
  • 244.1K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 599K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177K Life & Family
  • 257.4K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.