Ingrams Solicitors are here to help you when you have been made redundant. Our employment law experts offer the knowledge to protect your legal rights when you are affected by redundancy. Ingrams employment solicitors are available to help you in our Hull and York offices.
Being made redundant is a stressful event for anyone. The best thing you can do is to stay calm and to gather together as much documentation as you can. Letters and official documents between you and your employer can be vitally important for Ingrams employment solicitors to protect you. Gather together documents such as:
No two redundancy situations are alike. At Ingrams our employment solicitors begin by listening to you and reviewing any documents you have so that we are able to fully understand the particular details of your redundancy.
If we believe you have a claim we will provide you specific guidance advice and assistance to move forward. If the circumstances indicate you do not we will tell you this also.
Your employer is under a duty to give a statutory minimum notice period of one week for employees with less than 2 years’ service (but more than 1 month), and an extra week for every year’s service thereafter, up to a maximum of 12 weeks. They must also send a written notice and hold a meeting of consultation, with the employee.
If you have two years’ continuous service your employer must pay you at least the statutory minimum.
For every full year worked:
If your employer moves premises and you refuse to follow this will result in a redundancy. Only if you unreasonably refuse to move to your employer’s new premises, you could lose your right to a redundancy payment. However, if it is not reasonable for you to relocate to the new premises, Ingrams employment law specialists can help protect your rights.
Yes. The Employment Rights Act 1996 provides a 28-day statutory trial period for you to try out any alternative job offered by your employer to see whether it is acceptable to you. As long as you inform your employer within the 28 day trial period, you will still be able to claim redundancy pay.
If however you continue with the alternative job beyond the 28 days, even for one additional day, you will lose your right to statutory redundancy pay (unless both you and your employer have agreed to extend the time period in writing before the end of the 28 day period).
If you have been continuously employed for 2 years by the date your notice expires, you are allowed a reasonable amount of time off with pay during your notice period to look for another job or arrange training.
However, your employer only has to pay you up to two-fifths of a week’s pay for it, so if you work 5 days a week and take 4 days off in total during the whole notice period, your employer only has to pay you for the first 2 days.
What to do next
The employment law experts at Ingrams are available to help you when you face a redundancy. If you wish for us to ring you back, click on the “Call Back” button above, and a member of our team will contact you. In the event you have additional details you wish to provide now, please use the form below. In either case, we will ring you at no cost or obligation.
Additional information
Additional documents and resources are available on our site for your review. This link to Ingrams online library, including redundancy-related documents will open a new window. If you wish, these documents are also available in our Hull or York offices when we meet with you.
