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Redundancy insurance & PILON
I was made redundant in July. No problem with that. I had no notice but didnt contest it when my employer responded to an email i sent him questioning reasons for redundancy. In the email he said he was paying me the equivalent of 10 weeks wages as redundancy. He then said doing it this way i would incur no tax. As i had…
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Redundancy on the cards for July 2010.
I am more than likely to be made redundant July next year, i have been working for the same company for the last 12 yrs so will get a good package. However, once out of work what am i entitled to claim apart from JSA?
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Redundant end of 02-2010, can I have redundancy money after 05-04-2010?
My company made my last position redundant at the end of November. I managed to find another position before that date. I am now on a 3 month trial period at my new position. Unfortunately, for various reasons I have decided not to continue with it and will leave at the end of the 3 month trial period, which is just before…
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Garden leave
i'm being made redundant and the official company line is that people have to work their notice. Is there anything I can do to change this? By being made redundant I am having to move back to parents which means by daily commute to work is much longer (getting up at 5 and home at 9.30 each day) and with no work to do in my…
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Redundant & Mortgage deal ending.
Hi, I was made redundant in August after 12 years of service (and received a fairly reasonable payout). I am still looking for work, although have recently set up my own business, although I do not expect any return from this is the current tax year. I am able to collect JSA, which I have just started the claim for. My 2…
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Reddundancy rights
New advice tool offered by Community Legal Services: see here
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RP1 claim for partner on minimum contract?
Hi My partner has just been made redundant and will have to make a claim from the government and was on a 6 hour contract. She has actually been working between 30 and 39 hours for at least a year. Will she be able to claim based on her actual worked hours?
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"Take 15% salary cut or you are likely to lose your job!"
Hi, I am currently facing the awkward situation that I will be forced to accept a 15% cut in my salary, as my non-UK employer said they can no longer afford my salary. So the situation is that if I decline and insist on them paying the contractually agreed salary, they are likely to sack me before the end of this month.…
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Voluntary Redundancy
I have recently been offered voluntary redundancy. The union I am with are fighting all redundancies on the basis that if I take the redundancy the job I was doing should not be available anymore, but it will be. I am a postman and the "walk" I do is presently is a full time duty, but will be made into a part time round…
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Redundancy and New job !!
Hi all Just wondered if you are allowed to start a new job before your termination date on your compromise agreement ? My current employer has dragged this process on for what seems like an eternity as it struggles in this current climate. I obviously started looking for alternative employment as soon as I found out and…
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Made redundant - appealed successfully - now what?
I've been working with this large construction company over 6 years. I have gone through the redundancy process and eventually it appeared my scoring within the matrix of pool of people up for redundancy was dreadful, people with less experience and qualifications were kept. I was made redundant 16th of November (and…
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Tax Rebate!!!!
Hello. My husband was made redundant in the middle of april and as i was not working he had to sign on jobseekers allowance 8 weeks later as he could not find work. He was paid redundancy money and weeks in leu so in total he had earned £7300, but was taxed over £2000. I have been lucky enough to find a job but its only 16…
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Made Redundant in Error?
My wife has been made redundant which although upset accepted the reason for it. She has sign all the papers, which has been looked at by her union who agreed that everything was in order. She has been told her final work day and her final sum she would be collecting. Now about one month later her line manager has resign…
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redundancy and benefits question please.
hi all a question i need help with any answers are appreciated. thanx in advance my husband has been made redundant after 11 years at his work place. we have two children aged 7years and 8months. i work as a carer 40 hours per week. we also have a house on rent. just wondering if we are entitiled to anything and is it…
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redundancy and benefits - useful summary
i found this page helpful, gave me answers to questions that i had been worried about. (for example you should NOT be treated as making yourself unemployed, and therefore suffer a benefit 'sanction', if taking voluntary redundancy). http://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/welfarerights/redundancy.aspx
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Redundancy and paying your mortgage
Hi Guys, I have just ben made redundant for the second time in a year, lightning never strikes twice eh! Last time wasnt too bad as i was told 4 weeks prior to my 4 weeks notice that i was potentially up for redundancy, i got 4 weeks pay plus some holiday i was entitled to plus a small pay off as i had been with them 3…
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90 day notice then wage cuts and temporary lay off within that time
Hi today we have been given 90 day notice that we will no longer have a job. I work in construction and have been employed by the company for nearly 7 years. We were told that if our company picks up some new contracts and they pick us to stay on they will not pay us the rates we currently get but we have 3 options: a)sign…
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being made redundant while on maternity leave !
Hi - I hope someone out there is able to help me . I am being made redundant and I am in the middle of my maternity leave. I will be in the company 8 years in Jan 2010 and normally would earn over the £380pw standard redundancy pay. My contractual notice period is 8 wks. In the redundancy package they are paying: statutory…
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Complaints within Redundancy Meeting
Please can someone help, I am going through the redundancy process (find out on 14th December) and at the end of my second consultation HR advised that someone had commented on something I had said about not enjoying the waiting game. I have asked who said it and what was said but have been told they can't tell me as it…
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Facing redundancy after returning to work from maternity
My OH has been advised that she is being considered for redundancy 4mths after returning from maternity leave. Is there any legislation which protects individuals from this as it appears to be a situation of "well we coped without you so we don't need you anymore" To broaden her circumstances - on returning to work she…