redundancy question
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I'm after a bit of help here and wondering if the wonderful people of ph would know the answer.
I have been working for my current employer for around 4 years now. I have just had a meeting with my line manager and a hr representative and they have said 'this is the start of your redundancy process'. I am having a second meeting in a couple of weeks then this will be finalised, the reason being my role is no longer needed.
This I understand, not nice, but I understand it. What I would like to know is:
The position I am in now the company have sub-contractors working the same role. To put it bluntly, should they be the first to be given reduncy owing to the fact that they are sub-contractors rather than full employees?
Also is there any rules, such as they can't make a redundancy then re advertise the post a couple of months down the line, that they need to stick to?
Thank you for the advice
I have been working for my current employer for around 4 years now. I have just had a meeting with my line manager and a hr representative and they have said 'this is the start of your redundancy process'. I am having a second meeting in a couple of weeks then this will be finalised, the reason being my role is no longer needed.
This I understand, not nice, but I understand it. What I would like to know is:
The position I am in now the company have sub-contractors working the same role. To put it bluntly, should they be the first to be given reduncy owing to the fact that they are sub-contractors rather than full employees?
Also is there any rules, such as they can't make a redundancy then re advertise the post a couple of months down the line, that they need to stick to?
Thank you for the advice
Many thanks for your help JRM.
Answers to a couple of questions, the company is a reasonable size (around 550 including sub contrators and staff) I have no disaplinary marks agenst my name and yes I have a full job description. I can't think of any other reasons that I may be going throuh the process.
Thanks for the sympathy also, it's the first time it's happened to me so a bit panicked by it to be honest. Only just renewed the mortgage as well.
Answers to a couple of questions, the company is a reasonable size (around 550 including sub contrators and staff) I have no disaplinary marks agenst my name and yes I have a full job description. I can't think of any other reasons that I may be going throuh the process.
Thanks for the sympathy also, it's the first time it's happened to me so a bit panicked by it to be honest. Only just renewed the mortgage as well.
JRM said:
In terms of the roles, it's a tricky area, I don't believe there is any legal reason why they should have to get rid of a sub-contractor before you, unless you can prove that they have the identical job descriptions
Just re-reading the posts now and this seams to stand out. I have the same job title so do the same job as many of the sub-contractors. I obviously can't get into the systems and read the job description but I would assume that they are not going to produce a different one for each employee so would assume they were the same. May be a question to ask anyway.
Thanks again all. Its a big help.
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