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Threatened Redunacy please help
Hi I am posting this on behalf of my friend who is sat with me. She has worked for this company since 5th February 2008. Not on any probation period and is salaried and is 37. Through another channel (not the proper channel ie Boss) she has found out that she is going to be made redundant as the company she works for…
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Instant dismissal
I am a contractor and 'have' a contract paying a daily rate with a fixed start and finish date (starting 02/11/2009 - finish 02/02/2010) My contractually required minimum working hours are 40 hours per week. During the last week in November (4th week of contract) I was informed (verbally) that I would have to take or make…
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Redundant but received no pay for last month, or redundancy pay
Hi all, [Apologies for posting this again, but I stuck it in the wrong place last time.] I was given two weeks redundancy notice on the 11th December '09 and worked until my last day of the 24th. I'd been there just over two years, so know my redundancy payment is two weeks wages. To this date, I have seen neither my last…
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Does this count as the start of consultancy?
OK OH has been through 1/2 a dozen restructures/job assesments and value for money reviews in the last 4 or 5 years (even before the recession really bit). The Christmas before last he had to interview for his own job. At the same time he actually expressed an interest in voluntary redundancy, party due to managers…
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My Job Role was changed during consultation period
Sorry if this is on board already but I cannot find the answer. Can my employer change my role during the 12 week consultation period? The implications are that if I am TUPE to new company I will be transferred at a lessor grade and with less money.
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TUPE and administration
I'm currently in the following situation: The company I had been working for for the past 7 years, went into administration with a view to be bought out as a going concern. Some staff were made redundant immediatly, while myself and four others were kept on as key employees. However, after almost two weeks of been in…
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Correct consultation procedure?
Hi, I posted a few days ago but now have a further question. We are in the consultation period at work as more than 20 people are at risk of redundancy. Our employer has organised employee rep. election, consulted with rep's, held one to one meetings and posted a list of vacancies that al those affected were invited to…
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office closing and kept in the dark
Hi all, my company is closing the office where i work later this year (september), we were informed of this last November. since then all the employees at the office have been told their fate, either they will be expected to do a different role from home or they will be made redundant, redundancy terms have been offered…
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help im in some trouble
been with my company for just under two years was told id get a weeks wage for every yr in the company plus any other monies owed.now been told the company only give redundancy pay outs to people with 3 yrs work service but in april last yr the company was taken other by another and i still havnt had a new contract thats…
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Mortgage horror stories anyone???
Just wondering if anyone facing or currently redundant has any horror stories regarding mortgages. As per advice last year well b4 i was made redundant I informed my lender in the hope that we could arrange some kind of deal . . .during the period that i was unemployed. I wrote at first and was ingnored for a month until i…
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Job at risk, how to prepare
Yesterday the directors of my company had a meeting with HR which I felt could only mean bad news. Turns out bad news it is… They are making a number of staff (around 8) redundant including me, well sort of! They what to combine my job and someone else’s and make us both apply for that job. Now What happens if I don’t get…
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Redundancy/Demotion/Protection
Hi, In the following situation what does protection mean? There are three members of staff currently employed. One is to be made redundant as they're on a temporary contract and it is expiring. A different role is to be created that the other two are to apply for. There will be three years protection for the unsuccessful…
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Redundancy pay - quick question.
My MIL wishes to make her cleaner redundant. She's employed through my MIL's own company. When the cleaner started she did 5 days a week. Due to the recession she was cut down to 3 days a week, approximately 1 year ago. Which redundancy pay is the cleaner entitled to? The original 5 days, the 3 days or a combination of the…
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Redundancy calculation
After a bit of advice. This has come quite late in the day (I finish tomorrow) but I believe the terms I've been given are incorrect. I transferred into my current company in 2000 and have now found out under that agreement I am entitled to different terms. Our company pays flexible pay so you have a base salary and a…
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Question Of The Week: What does end of recession mean?
Q. It’s all over the news that we’re out of recession – what does this actually mean in practice? Martin’s A: All it means is the economy’s stopped shrinking, not that things are back to how they were. After all what ‘stopped’ the technical recession is an announcement that the UK grew a paltry 0.1%. As a simple analogy,…
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Being made redundant - mortgage query
I have posted this on MFW Forum but thought may be someone here would know I have been told that there would be redundancies in the department. Do I need to tell my mortgage provider about this? I was thinking of contacting them for increasing the mortgage term as my mortgage term is 12 years and I could reduce the monthly…
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Help - redundant and pregnant!
Hi, The company I work at has undergone a restructure, resulting in redundancies, one of which is unfortunately me. To add to the stress (although it is lovely news and planned before the work situation happened) I am 10 weeks pregnant. My partner works in a restaurant on minimum wage, we do not have any savings, I have an…
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Just under 2 years employment & about to be made redundant
I read to get any redundancy pay, you have to be with the company for 2 years, the its a weeks wage (max £380) for every years service. I've just been told today I will find out in 48 hours if I am to be made redundant (Im 100% I will be :( ). I have been with the company for JUST under 2 years. I have to work 4 weeks…
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Clarification of consulation process
Hi All, I am currently in a consultation regarding my role being made redundant and I am trying to find some further information regarding "suitable alternative employment". My role is being made redundant due to a restucture and consequently the management element of my role has been redistributed. The project management…
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Redundancy Notice Period
On the 10th December 2009 a meeting was called that the whole company (22 employees) attended. In this meeting we were informed that all employees of the business would be placed at risk of redundancy and that this would be the start of the consultation period (due to xmas shutdown would continue until the 21st January…