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I am a civilian employee for a police force, and hence normal employment law applies.
My force is currently amalgamating departments with another force, and it is very likely that my department is going to be moved to another county, at least 80+ miles away.
As far as I understand it other departments which have already undergone this procedure were offered the choice of:
1. Leave, if you don't like it.
2. Keep your job and go work in the new location. We'll pay travel costs for a year, but that's it.
3. We'll put you on the 'at risk register' and you'll get to apply for internal posts before anyone else. If you're offered an internal post then you either take it, or if you don't then we are relieved of our responsibilities towards you.
4. No-one I know has got past stage 3.
I would like to know if this is legal, and whether or not I can force them to make me redundant and pay me the statutory minimum for the service I've done (10+ years).
My contract says that I can be required to work at a different location, but I don't think that they can enforce that on what will be a 160 mile daily round-trip.
Also, my job role is one where I work a shift system covering 24/7 365 days a year, and hence I receive a shift allowance for night-working and a weekend-working allowance. I've been told that if my employer offers me a new job then they only have to do so at my current pay-scale not including my enhancements/allowances. This would mean a 20-25% pay drop for me.
At this stage we have not been told we that our department is definitely amalgamating/moving, but they've spent so much time denying it, then saying "It's a possibility", and then "No decisions have been made yet" (contrary to what other senior management have said!!) that I believe it's definitely going to happen.
I appreciate there may not be enough information here, but it's all I have at the moment.
Any advice or opinions gratefully received.
My force is currently amalgamating departments with another force, and it is very likely that my department is going to be moved to another county, at least 80+ miles away.
As far as I understand it other departments which have already undergone this procedure were offered the choice of:
1. Leave, if you don't like it.
2. Keep your job and go work in the new location. We'll pay travel costs for a year, but that's it.
3. We'll put you on the 'at risk register' and you'll get to apply for internal posts before anyone else. If you're offered an internal post then you either take it, or if you don't then we are relieved of our responsibilities towards you.
4. No-one I know has got past stage 3.
I would like to know if this is legal, and whether or not I can force them to make me redundant and pay me the statutory minimum for the service I've done (10+ years).
My contract says that I can be required to work at a different location, but I don't think that they can enforce that on what will be a 160 mile daily round-trip.
Also, my job role is one where I work a shift system covering 24/7 365 days a year, and hence I receive a shift allowance for night-working and a weekend-working allowance. I've been told that if my employer offers me a new job then they only have to do so at my current pay-scale not including my enhancements/allowances. This would mean a 20-25% pay drop for me.
At this stage we have not been told we that our department is definitely amalgamating/moving, but they've spent so much time denying it, then saying "It's a possibility", and then "No decisions have been made yet" (contrary to what other senior management have said!!) that I believe it's definitely going to happen.
I appreciate there may not be enough information here, but it's all I have at the moment.
Any advice or opinions gratefully received.
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