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voluntary redundancy decision...help???
Hi all, By the 7th Sept my husband has to decide whether to put his name down for voluntary redundancy. I can see both sides of this and would appreciate other peoples views. The situation is this:- We own our home. We have no debts. We are a family of 3, 2x adults, 1x 4 year I have completed Martin's budget planner and…
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Tribunal/ACAS Arbitration - Legal Fees Covered on Home Insurance
Hi, I learned something today. I just did a quick search on the forum and can find no mention of this since August last year so thought it would be worth sharing as it may be useful info for people in a similar situation to me.... If your redundancy situation looks like it is going to reach the stage of either ACAS…
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Result of Appeal Meeting
Hi all Further to my posts down the board re my OH's ex employer refusing to pay statutory redundancy because they alleged that she refused the offer of "suitable alternate employment" the issue went to an appeal meeting with the ex employer and the original decision not to pay was overruled and the redundancy payment is…
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Enforced Pay Cuts. Is it Legal?
Hi There, a frined of mine got a job in an IT company in June. On Firday they were told they would have to take 1 week unpaid leave in september and another one before Christmas. They were given nothing to sign. Today they got an email saying that their septmber pay will be automatically reduced by one week. I am just…
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Positions applied for and discrimination laws
I am fed up of receiving responses from companies advising me that I am overqualified/overexperienced, is this not covered under discriminatory laws? Just to help people out before the questions come in, this hasn't just been one or two companies this has been a lot, my recent work history is 5 years with the same company,…
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Made redundant whilst pregnant, getting SMP but entitled to nothing else?!
Hi there, I'm hoping that someone may have some idea of my rights here. I was made redundant on the 12th of August after over 42 weeks service with my company, at 28 weeks pregnant. I will be paid 6 weeks at 90% of my average pay and the remaining 33 weeks at the standard £123.06 SMP from my ex-employer. They are legally…
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Redundancy whilst pregnant, with loans to repay (payment Protection)
Hi there, I was wondering whether anyone could help me. My partner has been made recently redundant and is 3 months pregnant. She was not given any maternaty money as the redundancy was announced before the pregnancy was discovered. The problem is, he has loans which need to be repaid, which may not be a problem as she has…
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Can he be made redundant if his job is changed?
My partners company has already made some redundancies and now he along with 6 others have been 'selected' to fight for their job. At the same time the company has decided within his department to change everybodies job description, I have a vague memory of someone saying in this situation he has to be given the chance to…
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'Time Owing' and redundancy
When I was made redundant recently I had worked over 100 hours above my contracted hours as part of a company 'time owing in lieu' system. For example, if I worked four hours extra I took them back at a later stage by finishing early. When I was made redundant (complusory, not voluntary) the company has refused to…
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Contract provider changed ... Redundancy?
Hi there, I have a friend who works for a public body ..... they currently employ this person as a chef. They have decided to award all catering provision to an outside contract. They have told the person that they are now to be employed by the new company. The person was hoping to be made redundant from her current…
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Made Redundant, 6mth later Job available.
Hiya I was made redundant 6 months ago (my position no longer needed). I am still friends who work where i used to, I found out today my old position is available, i beleved that if my position became available within a amount of time it had to be offered to my before offering the position. If anyone knows what should…
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help please holiday pay withheld
my sister and her husband who own a bridal shop have just dismissed my daughter in law. they say they are letting her go as they cannot afford her wages. the word redundancy was not mentioned. first - she has worked for them since they opened in jan 2008 second - there was no warning - she has actually worked overtime the…
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salary sacrifice + redundancy
My wife is in the 30 day consulation period and has been given her entitlement figures. Her company has worked out her redundancy by using the Gross salary minus a salary sacrifice payment to bupa, Is this correct?? Thanks
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Proposed Redundancy
Hi. I was given proposed redundancy 2 weeks ago, then had a meeting last Friday to find out how I came to be given this. I had scored the lowest in points after line managers gave their scores for each employee then the production manager gave theirs then the average was taken. I scored ok, the end results saying that I…
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Redundancy and how to cope? really need advice please
Hi, i work for a commitee run after school club, i am the manager and have very good knowledge of the finances of the club. we make no profit as we are a charity, we actually work at a loss. Looking at the figures at a recent meeting we will be lucky if we survive xmas, our numbers to make a profit is 47 children per week,…
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Statutory Payment Increase Query
I read in the MSE Redundancy Help Guide that; A ‘week’s pay’ can legally be capped at £350, so even if you earn more, you aren’t entitled to it under the statutory payment. You may have heard the £350 weekly limit was increased to £380 in the Apr 09 Budget, yet it will not apply until 1 October 09. Anyone made redundant…
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Help I have no money?
I got made redundent in May, and have been trying to sort out my PPI since then, so I have paid my mortgage, car, loan and credit card for the past 3 months, and can't afford to this month, I have less than £200 in the bank and over £1000 of bills due to come off on the 1st of Sept. What I was wanting to know, is that when…
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Need some info if poss re 90 day notice period
My DH was made redundant with 1 hours notice in December 2008, along with 120 others. He claimed JSA for 26 weeks and in now getting nada due to me working full-time. The ex workers are going through the legal system to get the 90 day notice money they are legally entitled to. The case was heard on Monday of this week,…
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Pay
I was on a one year contract with a company Aug 08 to Aug 09. Throughout that time, my pay was either wrong or paid a few days late. My contract ended and I've left the company and am now working else where. I'm due 3 months expenses, pay and a big bonus - was meant to be paid on the 25th, still no paid. Emailed them and…
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Should I bother with Income protection?
I'm looking at covering myself for Sickness etc, but there was rumours about 5/6 months ago that some jobs may go (education) and nothing has been mentioned to staff at this stage. I don't know if this will affect me, and if there are any redunancies to be made they won't happen until the end of 2010. Is there any point…