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Should they make me redundant
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Hi all. I am lorry driver and I work for a company in Rainham Essex yet I live in Barnsley South Yorkshire. They were based in barnsley but relocated to essex and made everyone redundant but kept me on and pay for parking in barnsley. On Friday I park the lorry in Barnsley and then drive it down to Essex on the Monday , I do deliveries and collections on the way down, then through the week, and fridays I normally have deliveries in the north of England so I can then come home so the lorry is parked in Barnsley over the weekend and when ever I'm on holiday etc. I have been doing this for 11 years.My employer is now wanting to have the lorry parked in Rainham over the weekends and is expecting me to commute every week. This is a 194mile each way journey. I believe that this is an unreasonable change to my job and that they should make me redundant? Any help with this would be gratefully appreciated as I have a meeting with the boss on Monday
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Ignore me if you like, it's not the real me anyway.
I would tend to agree with you (assuming you don't have a mobility clause in your contract):-
https://www.gov.uk/employer-relocation-your-rights
I think all you can do on Monday is tell your employer that unfortunately you're not going to be able to move, and ask them for confirmation of the redundancy terms.
Check your contract and tell us.
No need for two threads because you did not like the sound of the first!
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/newreply.php?do=postreply&t=6081966
That would be, it would be advisable to get legal advice on this, but not worth bothering if the OP resigns and doesn't go back to work at all, as they have suggested two days ago that they intend to do.
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