Redundancy warning.
Discussion
Hi all,
As of wednesday last week myself and my 3 colleuges were put on consultation, 1 person is to go from our service desk.
I am still waiting for my one on one meeting but as I suspect it will be between me and one other guy (since I don't see eye to eye with the director who is carrying out the process) I want to know what I am entitled to before I go in.
I joined the company in March 2011 initially on contract and was made staff in May 2011. For the purposes of the redundancy process I assume this means I worked for the company for 5 complete years. Based on the government redundancy pay calculator I understand the minimum I am legally entitled to is approx £2400 but then there is the issue of notice period. Am I correct in assuming that I am entitled to a notice period that is paid in leiu if they don't want me to return to work my notice?
I need to re-read my contract to find out what my notice period is but I have a feeling it is 1 week for every year I have worked there.
I don't want to come off as sounding like an "I know my rights" type or entitled but the director has showed no interest in business development of the service desk for years and all this is not surprising. If I don't get made redundant then I doubt the company will last to the end of the year anyway.
As of wednesday last week myself and my 3 colleuges were put on consultation, 1 person is to go from our service desk.
I am still waiting for my one on one meeting but as I suspect it will be between me and one other guy (since I don't see eye to eye with the director who is carrying out the process) I want to know what I am entitled to before I go in.
I joined the company in March 2011 initially on contract and was made staff in May 2011. For the purposes of the redundancy process I assume this means I worked for the company for 5 complete years. Based on the government redundancy pay calculator I understand the minimum I am legally entitled to is approx £2400 but then there is the issue of notice period. Am I correct in assuming that I am entitled to a notice period that is paid in leiu if they don't want me to return to work my notice?
I need to re-read my contract to find out what my notice period is but I have a feeling it is 1 week for every year I have worked there.
I don't want to come off as sounding like an "I know my rights" type or entitled but the director has showed no interest in business development of the service desk for years and all this is not surprising. If I don't get made redundant then I doubt the company will last to the end of the year anyway.
Thanks Everyone. Much clearer now.
The company only has 7 staff in the main office and another 4 out resourced long term on clients. Only 1 position will go and it is one of the 4 in the main office on the service desk, that is all we know so far. Thinking about the skillsets of my fellow workers I am 50/50 convinced it will be me or 1 other guy that is shown the door.
The whole "what I am entitled to" isn't for the first meeting, it is for the last meeting, given the lack of jobs up here (Aberdeen) the payout would need to tide me over for a while, I have a mortgage to pay and a wife to feed!
Thanks again
The company only has 7 staff in the main office and another 4 out resourced long term on clients. Only 1 position will go and it is one of the 4 in the main office on the service desk, that is all we know so far. Thinking about the skillsets of my fellow workers I am 50/50 convinced it will be me or 1 other guy that is shown the door.
The whole "what I am entitled to" isn't for the first meeting, it is for the last meeting, given the lack of jobs up here (Aberdeen) the payout would need to tide me over for a while, I have a mortgage to pay and a wife to feed!
Thanks again
Thanks everyone for your input, especially andy-XR, very helpfull stuff there.
Well, the boss has finally re-appeared and announced that the decision will be made by the end of the week. He also mentioned that the criteria he is using is "The skills the buisiness will need going forward". Which worries me as he has demonstraited on numerous occasions that he hasn't got a clue as to what my skills are.
Edited to add. Should there be a minimum legal constultancy period and should this be factored in as well?
Well, the boss has finally re-appeared and announced that the decision will be made by the end of the week. He also mentioned that the criteria he is using is "The skills the buisiness will need going forward". Which worries me as he has demonstraited on numerous occasions that he hasn't got a clue as to what my skills are.
Edited to add. Should there be a minimum legal constultancy period and should this be factored in as well?
Thanks again everyone for your help and advice.
Bit of an update and some closure now.
As expected, I was made redundant, apparently My salary was a good bit higher than the colleague I was most closely matched to (as I had 4 times as much experience as he had). The director had also miscalculated my entitlement but as I had done the calculations before hand I was able to keep him right with no objections. I didn't make any effort to keep the job as I had felt my time with the company had come to a natural end anyway. I had gotton everything I could out of the role and I felt staying there would be a dead end. The director had shown such little interest in the staff and the company that I had no desire to stay.
This was at the end of the February and as expected the director didn't show up to the office for most of the week untill decision day so we couldn't ask any questions.
Pleased to report though that as of next wednesday I start a new, more senior job at a non oil-industry dependant company.
Bit of an update and some closure now.
As expected, I was made redundant, apparently My salary was a good bit higher than the colleague I was most closely matched to (as I had 4 times as much experience as he had). The director had also miscalculated my entitlement but as I had done the calculations before hand I was able to keep him right with no objections. I didn't make any effort to keep the job as I had felt my time with the company had come to a natural end anyway. I had gotton everything I could out of the role and I felt staying there would be a dead end. The director had shown such little interest in the staff and the company that I had no desire to stay.
This was at the end of the February and as expected the director didn't show up to the office for most of the week untill decision day so we couldn't ask any questions.
Pleased to report though that as of next wednesday I start a new, more senior job at a non oil-industry dependant company.
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