coozer
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| posted on 14/5/09 at 10:58 AM |
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OT: Redundancy Enhancement??
I'm shortly being made redundant even though its not my project thats going.
They have made some errors in the consultation meetings and the selection critiria isn't quite right either. But I have no desire to stay
here....
I have another consultation next week and would like to ask if theres any 'extras' or 'enhancements' to the payment.
Anyone any tips on what to ask for, or exprience of this type of thing??
Cheers,
Steve
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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r1_pete
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| posted on 14/5/09 at 11:02 AM |
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Are you working your full contracted notice period, if not you are entitled to PILON payment in leiu of notice.
You are entitled to payment for untaken leave, pro rata for the leave period to the point of severance.
Not aware of much more, unless the company are offering enhancements to sweeten the deal
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richardh
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| posted on 14/5/09 at 11:03 AM |
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that's what i'm on currently..................
Time for a change!
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YQUSTA
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| posted on 14/5/09 at 11:26 AM |
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our company pay 1k for retraining and a few grand for going quietly
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DarrenW
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| posted on 14/5/09 at 11:38 AM |
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I would guess at this stage they will only be talking about the minimum they can get away with. That is what i was facing in April until a compromise
agreement was put on the table. This resulted in a whole different negotiation process. Basically the company bought all of my employment rights off
me and a larger severance package (free of tax) was negotiated. there were some fundamental issues with the original recruitment process and
subsequent redundancy process that made the compromise agreement a sensible process to follow. Im not sure if such an agreement will be made available
to you as there will be others to consider. If the company is certain they are adhering to the employment rules then i guess they wont go for a
compromise agreement.
Several years ago when i worked for a large multi-national i recieved an enhanced package. This was basically payment in lieu of notice, holiday pay,
so many weeks at full pay plus government statutory pay. I worked for that company for 12 full years, all being under the age of 40 so i got 12 weeks
at full pay as the enhanced bit (as well as 12 weeks at government statutory). Even though they too made some errors in the selection process the
enhanced bit was such that it was not viable to challenge it in a tribunal where i could have ended up with less money. I also recieved CV and
interview techniques training plus a session with a career coach where i was put through a series of phsychmetric tests that helped me understand my
strengths and weaknesses, this was a big help during the subsequest job searching process.
I would suggest that the best you can hope for is your weeks statutory at full pay as an enhanced part plus some training assistance to help you find
new employment.
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motorcycle_mayhem
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| posted on 14/5/09 at 12:00 PM |
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As far as I am aware, I'm aligned with r1_pete on this.
Pretty much up to company how they'll 'sweeten' the deal additionally if they/you wish to go without a challenge.
One piece of advice that I can't shout loud enough: if the Company doesn't look sound, take anything they offer seriously, now. If (like
me) you end up in a Company that isn't viable, then the Receivers just walk in suddenly and tell you all to go. The redundancy you then get for
many years of work is a statutory peanut-level claim from Gordon.
Hopefully the 'Jobcentre Plus' where you are isn't as 'Jobcentre Negative' as it is where I am. Quite an experience.
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tomprescott
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| posted on 14/5/09 at 02:24 PM |
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Most places will give you a slightly increased redundancy if you go voluntarily but it normally isn't much over your statutory entitlement -
which will normally be a week or two of full pay for each year you've worked there, but changes dependent on how long you've been there.
i.e. if you've been there three years they might give you 3 weeks full pay, but over 10 years might get you 2 weeks pay to each year. Good luck,
I hope you get a decent amount.
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