Refusing redundancy

[rich83]

Hypothetical scenario.

You work in a job with an open ended contact. You are offered redundancy because the job you are doing is now being "automated". You refuse the redundancy.

What legal position does this leave your employer and yourself? If they then sacked you where does this leave you?

Thanks

[anonymous-user]

rich83 said:

Hypothetical scenario.

You work in a job with an open ended contact. You are offered redundancy because the job you are doing is now being "automated". You refuse the redundancy.

What legal position does this leave your employer and yourself? If they then sacked you where does this leave you?

Thanks

the can make the redundancy compulsory.
Follow the procedure, pay what's due and show you the door.

[Terminator X]

Companies generally only make redundancies if they need to save costs / cut overheads eg to avoid the company going under as profit is not what it should be. If you ever appear on "the list" just negotiate the best deal you can, look for another job whilst you're doing that then leave imho as you will be shown the door eventually.

TX.

[timbo999]

Note that what is legally due in redundancy terms has a maximum of about £5k-6k, so if they offer more than that (usually tied to a compromise agreement) then smile sweetly, grab it with both hands and FO for a better job...

[timbo999]

I stand corrected - the statutory maximum has been upped significantly since I took my redundancy 4 years ago and is now £13.5k.