Furlough to Voluntary Redundancy

fez · 26 Jun 2020 at 17:07

cheesyboy said:
@fez

If you've been made redundant, it will be official in the form of a letter giving you notice and laying out any other conditions. They can't change their mind once redundancy is agreed, without your agreement.

They cannot force you to stay but if they offer you your job back and you decline for any reason, they don't have to pay any redundancy as you have essentially left of your choice at that point.

OldKitMan · 26 Jun 2020 at 17:16

fez said:
They cannot force you to stay but if they offer you your job back and you decline for any reason, they don't have to pay any redundancy as you have essentially left of your choice at that point.

TBH It would depend on what's written in the signed document agreed by both parties. That's legally binding, one side cannot change an agreement.

fez · 26 Jun 2020 at 17:20

OldKitMan said:
TBH It would depend on what's written in the signed document agreed by both parties. That's legally binding, one side cannot change an agreement.

What do you mean. If you are made redundant in completely vanilla fashion there will be no complex legal letter. The basic redundancy laws will apply and those are kind of **** for employees.

Mr Badger · 26 Jun 2020 at 18:32

cheesyboy said:
Incorrect. Once termination notice has been issued, it's binding

It may be binding in theory, but a couple of people told me this happened to me when they were looking forward to getting their redundancy cheque but the work situation changed and notice was withdrawn. Of course they could be lying, but as I understand it if the employer states that the redundancy is no longer required and that the employee is unreasonably refusing an offer of suitable alternative employment, they can potentially lose their redundancy payment. Of course if you have already secured a better paid external job then you might want to test that in a tribunal.

cheesyboy · 26 Jun 2020 at 18:59

Mr Badger said:
It may be binding in theory, but a couple of people told me this happened to me when they were looking forward to getting their redundancy cheque but the work situation changed and notice was withdrawn. Of course they could be lying, but as I understand it if the employer states that the redundancy is no longer required and that the employee is unreasonably refusing an offer of suitable alternative employment, they can potentially lose their redundancy payment. Of course if you have already secured a better paid external job then you might want to test that in a tribunal.

Yeah, looks like you miss out on statutory redundancy. The 'unreasonable' clause and having a new job would be interesting, as you ssy