Refuse new position redundancy

[Oldeggdebt]

Hi
i have worked 18 years in an area sales manager role. Company restructuring. Reducing from 9 managers to 6. Company in freefall so thinking time to get out. Company has followed produce ie written notice. Etc. I asked for voluntary redundancy which they excepted , asked to put in writing but they refused. So went for restructuring new sales manager role interview today. My question is do I have to except the new job if I am offered it as I would rather get the redundancy payment as I believe company won’t be around in 12 months.
do I need reason to turn down job?

[Oldeggdebt]

Sorry forgot is new role is a bigger area and has more targets attached for bonuses to be paid.

[atticus]

It is the company's decision who to make redundant.

[ULA]

You may lose your right to statutory redundancy pay if you unreasonably turn down an offer of suitable alternative employment.

However, you can refuse an offer of suitable alternative employment on the grounds that the role is not "suitable". You would need to notify your employer of this prior to the ending of your current job or, if there is a trial period for the new role, before the trial period ends. If you do not give notice in time, again you will lose you right to any statutory redundancy pay. You would need to set out your reasons as to why the role was not suitable which would depend on factors such as:

* how much you will be paid and what benefits you'll get, for example pension
* where the job is - will it be further for you to travel
* how similar the role is to your current job
* what terms you're being offered
* your skills and abilities in relation to the role

If your employer decided that you had unreasonably refused an offer of suitable alternative employment, then they can consider you as having been dismissed on grounds of redundancy and you would lose your entitlement to statutory redundancy pay

[Oldeggdebt]

It is the company's decision who to make redundant.

hi thanks
one of the 9 candidates was interviewed today. he requested a different interviewer which was granted. the rest had the same two. the one that interview him was our old boss and is a friend of the candidate. would this be viewed as a unfair advantage given to this candidate.

In my interview i stated that i felt that the interviewer should not be interviewing me for position, as he is new to the company and no experience. which i got them to note on the interview sheet.

thanks

[ULA]

My view and it is only a personal view based on years of experience is that when carrying out interviews there should be a matrix of what is required from a successful candidate which needs to be consistently applied across each candidate that is interviewed.

To ensure that consistency of application then you need the same interviewing team for all candidates, unless there are unavoidable situations where an interviewer is unable to attend e.g. sickness absence - even then for an all internal candidate process it is probably easy to arrange to reschedule.