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What am I entitled to?
I have been told my role is being made redundant. My boss has said they are creating new roles and there is one he advises me to go for. Due to the fact that they aren't giving me another job and I have to apply, would i be able to qualify for redundancy pay even if I apply and get the new role? Been with company 9 years.…
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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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Some Loose Ends on Redundancy
Hi All, At the beginning of March I got notified that my job was at risk and in April was told it was being removed. I have not yet been given an exact leaving date with my company as there are a number of redundancies happening and it is difficult to get a response, however, I have some queries that I was hoping I could…
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Salary and day rate
I'm currently on a full time salary of £68525. I want to drop one day a week with employers agreement but they are suggesting reduction in salary to £48000. This does not sound right, is there a calculation here I can do?
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dropped to 4 days
Hi I dropped to 4 days in January- from 37hrs to 32hrs in April my company announced redundancies A long shot..... Will my redundancy be based on 4 or 5 days?
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Tax free redundancy payment Qs
If I am made redundant in the current financial year (I pay 40% tax) can I put the £30k tax free element into my pension fund and would it reduce my 40% tax burden when I do a self assessment (my current pension contributions do not cover all the 40% tax burden and there is still £30k ‘available’)? Thanks in advance Russ
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Quick Question about taking money out of pension...
Say I have a pot of £100,000 - I can take 25% ( 25k tax free ), then the rest is subject to 20% tax. But if I take another 25k out, does the pension provider chop off the £5k and only pay me £20k, or do they give me the £25k but I have to report it to HMRC as income and that then gets charged at 20% ( and if I have no…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…