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Under Consultation - Is it Legal?
I work for a very large corporate company and I'm currently under consultation. The proposal is to lose 6 permanent headcount from an initial headcount of 13. The company then plan to replace the 6 redundant people with 6 functional service provider (FSP) people in Brazil. Is this legal? The reason they want to use FSP is…
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Enhanced Redundancy payments - Age discrimination
Hello.. First post here so I hope I don't break any rules :-) My entire Service Desk have been put on Consultation & are two weeks in to the process. Of he 12 of us 1 is entitled to nothing as only started in December. The rest are all in the age bracket ro receive 1 weeks statutory pay except for myself & one other who…
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redundancy Insurance and complicated situation
Hello, hoping to get some advise from the good people on here. I have redundancy insurance and have been paying for it for 5 years now and never needed to claim but I recently found out that my job is being made redundant so am working my notice period now and also trailing a new role at the same company which is not going…
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Tax on Redundancy Payment
Hi, looking for some advice on Redundancy tax deductions, I am being made redundant in June 2025, pay date will be 25th June, leave date 30th June, currently on 32,000 per year, basic rate payer 21% Scotland, enhanced payment of 74,788 total, ( includes 10, 439 PILON), from my understanding I will get 30,000 tax free, how…
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Suddenly losing job age 50+ - any experiences?
Hello all, I have just found out I am likely to lose my job next week. I have been made redundant more than once (although this is not redundancy so I won't get any money!) and every time I have had fire in my belly to get out there and get another job straight away. This time though, I just feel completely…
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Calculating redundancy whilst on maternity leave
hi all, A friend of mine is midway through her maternity leave and had her first one to one for redundancy(as have I). I understand that her redundancy pay must be calculated on the period before her maternity leave. Taken from HERE maternityaction.org.uk Note: If you are on maternity or parental leave, your statutory…
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NHS - Made redundant - can I go to new NHS organisation as an agency temp and keep the redundancy?
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…
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Am I anxiously overthinking
Am I anxiously over thinking in.? have worked at my current workplace for 3 years. I enjoy my work. The company has two main departments,as as well as accounts department and HR department. When I first started the job,the the job was general administrator, so iI did a bit of everything and didn’t work for a particular…
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Voluntary redundancies capped at 12 years - is this allowed?
My dad's work is about to start the redundancy process. He has recently turned 65 and has been working there 19 years. They have asked for volunteers to be made redundant but have said they are capping the redundancy at 12 years. I understand that the law states that statutory redundancy pay is up to 20 years. Is the…
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Office restructure
Due to a restructure my mate wasn't successful in his application for his old position (which has been renamed) and so finds himself back in as a normal team member rather than team lead. Can he refuse this? Is there an entitlement to redundancy? Thanks
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Looming redundancy- when to inform mortgage company
Looking for any advice on informing our mortgage provider of my looking redundancy status. Is there a ' best time' to do this - i.e on first notification or 1st day of unemployment etc..? Thanks for any advice
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I've just been given the dreaded news, Advice Appreciated
Hi, I've just been told that due to company restructuring my role is being made redundant. I've entered a consultation period beginning today and ending on 13th May. I've been told I will have the option to apply for other roles that are coming about due to the reorganisation but I don't know how serious this statement is.…
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Notice/holiday pay if terminating contract after long term sick
My wife has been on sick leave for just over a year so has exhausted her sick pay (although her employer was incredibly generous in how they interpreted their policies). She is discussing redeployment with them but it's unlikely to work out so we expect they will terminate her contract. In a recent meeting with HR and her…
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2023 redundancy protection act
Hi all First time posting so apologies if there is already a thread but couldn't find one to do with the new act. I went back to work in August after maternity leave but today I've been told my job is at risk of redundancy and we are now in the 2 weeks consultation period. It's a small company and I'm 100% positive they…
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Is paying untaken holiday days a legal requirement?
Seem to getting mixed messages regarding whether any untaken holiday pay should be included in a redundancy package calculation? Thanks
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When to claim UC or any other benefits?
Looking like being made redundant in the next 4-6 weeks. Thinking ahead I will need to claim for any applicable benefits like UC. Do I need to wait until day 1 of unemployment or can I start the process earlier? Thanks
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Redundancy help
Hi All Hoping someone can help shed some light on my situation, I was working for a company for 6 years and on the 15th December last year we were called into a meeting and were told not to go in on the Monday as there would be no work, about a week previously a gentleman from the auctions came in and started putting lot…
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Voluntary Redundancy - Selection process seems illogical
Our company is making several people redundant later this year but the good news is that VRs are being accepted and there are more than enough that want to go. Each person applying for VR will have their performance rated over the coming months so that they can be given a score. The company will then award VR to the…
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Has Anyone Benefitted from Redundancy?
Hi, I have always wondered if people have ended up better off as a result of a redundancy? These are stories we rarely hear but there must be some examples.
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200 REDUNDANCY
We are in the 45 day consultancy and the company have just asked those of us who are facing losing our jobs to welcome 3 new employees to our team we all do the same jobs