redundancy calculations

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Hi,

Anyone have any expert knowledge?

Being made redundant, employer has made a calculation of payment which equates to around 4 times HMRC statutory minimum.

I have challenged on the basis that they have only used basic salary in their calcs where they give me benefits such as car allowance, pension contributions etc which increase overall package by 30%.

Seems odd to me that the payment is called compensation but does not fully compensate me for loss of earnings inc benefits.

My challenge has been rejected with no reason just a bland repeat of how they make the calcs.

Is it worth seeking out legal advice or should I just accept a decent multiple over the HMRC rate?

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The contractual obligations are not publicised, it could well be that their calcs are fair but I can't help try for more.

What grips me is that my managers have always quoted salary plus car allowance in pay award discussions yet they suddenly ignore this when working out my settlement.

I know of people in head office who receive the car allowance yet never leave the building, I bet those boys see the allowance as salary!

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PILON includes all of the benefits on my 'look how much we pay you' statement that I received, by poor timing, during my consultation period!

Grieves me that the redundancy is not based on the same weekly figure.

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Thanks fellas.

As predicted the response was negative, at least I tried . Would have always sobered 'what if?'