urgent redundancy advice needed please

[londoneyeguy1]

Hi I was taken in the office on monday at the end of my shift and told it was a risk of redundancy meeting and that I was chosen for redundancy based on a skills matrix. And that I can appeal against the decision if I want and also I can have a consultation meeting on Wednesday morning (today) if I chose to. If not I will be paid all redundancy payments this Friday. I was then escorted to collect my belongings and the to the doors and told not to come back in untill the meeting. I had already booked this tuesday and Wednesday off as holidays therefore they changed the meeting to this friday 18th. Now in the letter explaining payments due they sent me the day after they sent me home they have took these holiday days off me can they do that? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Kati]

Re: urgent redundancy advice needed please

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[londoneyeguy1]

Re: urgent redundancy advice needed please

Also can they do this process so quick? I thought they had to put everyone on the at risk of redundancy before selecting people. And have a consultation period before being told im redundant. I have been there just under 3years. And there are 19 people in the same role so its not that my role is obsolete.

[mariefab]

Re: urgent redundancy advice needed please

If there are 19 people performing your role and the employer decides that they only need 18 people; that perfectly describes a potential redundancy situation.
Unless a firm is making 20+ roles redundant they don't have to follow a formal process.
They can just conduct an selection process at a management meeting or on paper and then inform the employee/s affected.
Appealing the decision may get you more information about your selection.
Do you have reason to believe that your selection was unfair?

You are entitled to:
Notice pay - minimum 2 weeks, maybe more depending on the terms of your contract.
Redundancy pay - minimum 2 weeks (age 22-41) or 3 weeks (age 41+), or more if your contract provides enhanced redundancy terms.

Accrued untaken holiday pay - number of days accrued up to the end of the notice period, minus the number of paid days taken, you are entitled to payment for any days leftover.
e.g. 7 days accrued - 5 days taken = entitlement to 2 days pay.

However, if the calculation looks like, 7 days accrued - 9 days taken = -2 days, and there is a clause in your contract, or another agreement, permitting recoupment of overpaid holiday then (and only then) they can recover the overpayment by the method stated in the contract or agreement.

[londoneyeguy1]

Re: urgent redundancy advice needed please

Thanks for the reply. How will my week in hand be paid.

[mariefab]

Re: urgent redundancy advice needed please

You'd need to look to the relevant terms of your contract, or ask your employer how the usually repay your week in hand.