Query re PILON and temporary trial of reduced hours

boots_babe

Hi,

I have been notified of redundancy, have a 6 month notice period, and have been told I'll likely be asked to do a short handover then not work the rest of the notice. 

My employment contract is for full time, 5 days a week, 39 hours. However I recently made a flexible working request asked if I could reduce to 4 days a week / 31.2 hours. I have been on a 4 month trial of these reduced hours, which is due to end on 31st May.  My employment contract remains unchanged from the original one.

If I reject the trial hours on 31st May, and hence move back to full time / 5 days a week, will that mean that my PILON will be paid at full time hours?

I ask because I know that the redundancy payment itself is based upon the previous 12 weeks of pay received, and despite extensive Googling I cannot seem to confirm whether the PILON is similarly affected.

I don't believe it would be, given that my employment contract has not changed. However I'd be grateful if anyone could point me at some relevant legislation that would help me with this query.

Many thanks.

boots_babe

Just bumping. Glad of any help, many thanks. 

DullGreyGuy

PILON is basically the same, should be normal pay even if you dont work the notice and if pay is variable it will be the 12 week average 

Is the trial yours to reject?  Normally trials are for the employer to see if the job can be done in a flexible way and their decision on if to make it permanent or not. Were the terms of the trial agreed upfront? 

boots_babe

DullGreyGuy said:

PILON is basically the same, should be normal pay even if you dont work the notice and if pay is variable it will be the 12 week average 

Is the trial yours to reject?  Normally trials are for the employer to see if the job can be done in a flexible way and their decision on if to make it permanent or not. Were the terms of the trial agreed upfront? 

Yes the trial is for the benefit of both parties, either myself or the employer can reject the trial. My contract has not been changed for the duration of the trial. 

You mention that PILON would be the 12 week average IF pay is variable. I'm on a fixed salary not variable, so not sure if that would apply or not. I don't suppose you know the name of any applicable regulations? I seem to have drawn a complete blank with Google, I must not be using the right search terms. Many thanks.