Redundancy rights?

PhillyDee said:
I have been places where redundancies have been done, and usually its an announcement that they are going to review with the possibility of redundancies. Then its the letter informing that you may be made redundant. Then its the actual announcement / meetings / P45 handing out ceremony.
Companies would not go to this sort of lengths unless they HAD to! They generally know from the first second who they are going to bladder. Due process is a fallacy!
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This process has to be followed only if 20 or more people are involved. This is unlikely to be the case here.

Notifying a person of their redundancy and escorting them immediately from the premises is fine (there are cases where that has to happen for security reasons). What is not fine is denying due compensation (pay in lieu of notice + statutory redundancy).
 
You also have to remember that if they are making you redundant they are actually making your position redundant. In other words, they can't get rid of you and then hire in someone else to take your place. What is the situation at your work? Are they winding up the business because of losses, or are they sacking people so that the owner can bring in some people on lower pay?
 
[TW]Fox;17993742 said:
He works part time whilst at Uni. The money owed to him is likely less than the bill for the solicitor. This is poor advice.
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Whatever. Talking to a solicitor about legal matters is never a bad idea. Go wave your willy elsewhere.
 
vonhelmet said:
Whatever. Talking to a solicitor about legal matters is never a bad idea.
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Thats just simply not true, is it? There are numerous occasions when the values of money involved do not justify talking to a solicitor about the problem. Solicitors are hugely effective but also get very expensive very quickly and not many are going to give you enough information to completely solve your problem within a 'free' consultation - they'd go bust if they did that enough!

In the case of something like redunancy, your rights are pretty clear and well publicised on numerous credible websites. It's not a complicated area of law and you don't need to pay a legal professional to explain it to you.

Would you talk to a solicitor if I sold you a £10 mouse on Members Market and never posted it? Of course not, yet according to you talking to a solicitor about a legal matter is never a bad idea?

Go wave your willy elsewhere.
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Eh?! What a strange comment :confused:
 
Viper² said:
I don't know why Fox bothers reading GD because he's obviously far too superior and knowledgeable?
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I'm just saying that a solicitor is overkill for the OP and he can get exactly what he needs without one! What is so wrong with trying to save him a load of cash? The advice he's been given by many people in this thread so far is at least equal to what he'd be told by a solicitor in his first consultation.

Solicitors are very important for a great deal of legal situations but something like redundancy is quite clear and the legislation in place is explained very well by various government websites - as it should be given that it's aimed at normal people like you and I.
 
If they pay you for your notice period, holiday entitlement, and redundancy money then you might as well as forget about it, satisfied with the fact they're paying you to find a better job.
 
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amigafan2003 said:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/RedundancyAndLeavingYourJob/index.htm

I'm not going to give you any actual advice as people like Castiel, Dolph and TWFox, who have no actual experience or training in employment law, will say that my correct advice is incorrect so you'll have to do your own reasearch I'm afraid.
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Another swing and a miss for amigafan... well, at least you're consistent ;)

On the OP, insufficient notice, even if they give you PILON, and they owe you for holidays not taken etc.
 
Viper² said:
I don't know why Fox bothers reading GD because he's obviously far too superior and knowledgeable?
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Fox is absolutely spot on here. And that is speaking as a Union representative of five years.

My advice to the OP would be to contact your local Unite office. Techincally they can say you have had to have been a member for so long but in my experience they would not turn you away. More importantly the OP would have access to legal advice and a solicitors included in his monthly membership fee. Nobody is talking about suing his employers, only to ensure that he gets what he is entitled to.
 
amigafan2003 said:
I'm not going to give you any actual advice as people like Castiel, Dolph and TWFox, who have no actual experience or training in employment law, will say that my correct advice is incorrect so you'll have to do your own reasearch I'm afraid.
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Hmmm, how do you know I have no experience or training in Employment Law....

Making some rather large assumptions don't you think.:rolleyes:
 
Meh, I was just pee'd off and having a bad day.

Apologies to TWFox, Dolph and Castiel for my unwarranted assumptions.
 
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