Urgent help needed with forced redundancy

[tankynan]

Hi- Thanks for reading this and I hope you can help. I have worked for the same company for 10 years but left for a few months therefore have only been in a new contract for 6 years 7 months.
My boss had a very frank chat with me and has asked me to leave the company and ask to voluntary redundancy. The reason being is that he thinks I am now unchallenged in the role and he can also pay someone far less to do the same job. He is right and I have been unhappy there for a while. He has suggested that he pays me for 4 months and then offers statutory redundancy which works out to be £2750 tax free. I can decide whether to work or not or alternatively go on gardening leave. He has asked that in exchange for this that I sign a compromise agreement. I guess this is to protect him from me taking him to a tribunal. I asked what the alternative was to taking the voluntary redundancy and he said that in effect he could just manage me out of the company and therefore dismiss me eventually.
I am quite happy to leave but I am unsure whether I am doing the right thing accepting this agreement or whether I should push him for more money if I could potentially take him to a tribunal.
Any responses would be greatly received as I have to sign off the deal in the next few days.
Thank you in advance.

[Tools]

Re: Urgent help needed with forced redundancy

May I ask how old you are and how much your weekly pay is, it is relevant.

[teaboy2]

Re: Urgent help needed with forced redundancy

Sounds like unfair dismissal to me and a clear threat by the employer of his statement of intent to breach your employment contract and your rights, f you do not agree to his plan. They clearly want you out of the company.

I would contact Acas and explain the situation to them, they in turn will contact your employer on your behalf, and will also advise you along the way. I know you said you want to be out, but why let him get the most benefit out of this situation!

[Harmonica]

Re: Urgent help needed with forced redundancy

If I were you I would have that conversation with your boss again but this time with a dictaphone recording it. If he says that he will just 'manage you out' then if and when this happened you would have the evidence required to make a claim to an ET.