Redundancy role closed and new role created - so do I need to carry on my old duties?

andreald1901 · 8 June 2018 at 6:02PM

I am being made redundant following a restructure in the civil service where my roles as marketing lead for a large team has been downgraded and is therefore closed and a new role created. The role is not at my grade and I am unable to apply for it (I actually don't mind going at all). However, despite saying they will put in an interim noting is happening and I am carrying on with my job
The restructure affects the whole team and the team moving from the business to a central marketing team for whom I have never worked or been managed by.
DO I have to carry on doing the job? or should the tasks now go to the new team management? Am i at liberty to agree a date by which I cease to do the role, regardless of interim. I am not hiring any of the new team... advice welcome

Tigsteroonie · 8 June 2018 at 6:06PM

Have you been issued any formal notice of redundancy?

What would you propose doing until your actual date of redundancy if you don't carry on with your current work?

sangie595 · 8 June 2018 at 7:59PM

Until you are made, you are not redundant. So you carry on working for your employer, and if they say that you carry on with the same responsibilities for now, then that is what you need to do. Simply because your role may be gone does not mean you will be made redundant. Until such time as your notice period ends, you are still employed and notice can be rescinded by the employer if a suitable alternative position becomes available.

It is also still possible to be disciplined or dismissed if you refuse to carry out the reasonable instructions of the employer, and carrying on with the duties you already have is reasonable.

Peelerfart · 8 June 2018 at 8:15PM

Personally if it were me, I'd go to work,smile,do what I'm told to do and wait for the cheque.

Then I'd take the cheque,smile, and never do what they told me to do again.

hawkis · 1 August 2018 at 6:21PM

I have a similar query to this which seems unclear to me.
On Monday (in five days) it will be confirmed that my job is being made redundant.
Does the job become redundant on Monday or will it become redundant at the end of my notice period?
And if it does become redundant on Monday and I work my notice period, am I right to assume that they can't make me do the job that has been made redundant?
I will work my entire notice period if necessary but if I find a job, they have said that I can go at any time.

sangie595 · 1 August 2018 at 9:14PM

Simple. You do as your employer asks if you wish to be paid. So you don't refuse to do the work your employer gives you. The point of redundancy for the role is moot.

hawkis · 1 August 2018 at 9:49PM

sangie595 wrote: »

Simple. You do as your employer asks if you wish to be paid. So you don't refuse to do the work your employer gives you. The point of redundancy for the role is moot.

I will continue to work for as long as I am there and do whatever work they ask me to. I wasn't implying that I would refuse to do any work my employer asks me to do. Apologies if that's how it came across.

To be clear, my question is: assuming my job is made redundant on Monday, can I can be asked to continue doing a job that no longer exists?

Redundancy role closed and new role created - so do I need to carry on my old duties?

Comments

Categories

Get our FREE Weekly email full of deals & guides - and it’s spam-free