Continuous employment question that I can't find answers to!

[MitchT]

1: Say you've worked for a company for ten years and you apply for a new role within the same company and secure that position, but are made redundant after a year, do you get A: 11 years' redundancy money or B: one year?

Assuming 'A' is the case ...

2: Say the new role is for a fixed term, such as a maternity cover, would you be deemed to have forfeited your redundancy rights as you knew that the new role would end for you when the person who'd taken time off returned, or would you still be paid redundancy on the basis of 'A'?

[MitchT]

As you say, I can speak with HR but I wondered if there was an overriding legal precedent. If you knowingly give up a secure role which you've held for over a decade, for a temporary one, and there's nothing for you when the temporary role ends, do you get full redundancy or can they say "tough, you knew what you were doing"?

[MitchT]

I think legal advice is a bit much as it's merely that such an opportunity may arise, not that I'm in any such situation. If such an opportunity did present itself I'd seek clarity in writing before pursuing it.