Forced Resignation led to team being made redundant...can I do anything?

[steve.123]

Hi all

Looking for a bit of advice, have briefly spoken to a lawyer but they basically said I'd have to pay £300 per hour for them to tell me if I could do anything at all.

I resigned from my role in May following a series of disagreements around the remuneration of myself but mainly my staff following changes to our job roles. I believe the company deliberately misled us all into believe our pay would be increased following a six month trial period to ensure the team could handle the additional work load. This however did not happen and I quit at the time stating that I believed they may be trying to force us all out of the company. They obviously denied this, I am working my notice period until the end of July.

Yesterday they told me, following a business review in light I've my resignation, that they are making the three people who work in my team redundant and moving their roles to Swansea. This has annoyed me for several reasons. Firstly, I believe I was correct and they were looking to get rid of us all by refusing to update salaries (unfortunately I failed to get anything in writing when it was agreed). Secondly, the presentation they're planning to deliver tomorrow essentially blames me for my team being made redundant and finally I think I've been unfairly duped out of 8 years worth of redundancy just to further get my back up.

Is there anything I can do about this?

Thanks

Steve

[ULA]

If there was nothing followed up in writing from the company in regard to pay increases following the trial period then this does make the situation difficult in terms holding your employer to account.

If you have resigned and are serving your notice prior to the company issuing formal redundancy notices then unfortunately you will not be able to claim a redundancy payment.

For the company to undertake a redundancy process it will have to ensure it meets one of the following criteria:

1. New technology or a new system has made the job/s unnecessary

2. The job that the employee/s undertakes no longer exists

3. The need to cut costs means staff numbers must be reduced

4. The business is closing down or moving

My guess from what you have said is that they will use the fact that they are moving the jobs of the team to another location. The only guidance I can give on the redundancy for the rest of the team is to ensure that they following a redundancy consultation process.

[steve.123]

Thanks for the reply. I thought as much, I'll kick off about it anyway and see what happens! Thanks!