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  • Jun 12, 2010, 01:42 AM
    Ginda
    Am I entitled to redundancy?
    After 10 years' of two-days-a-week employment on a permanent contract the company I was working for cut my working hours and salary by half. Unable to continue on half the salary, they found me another (full-time) job within the company. This job was a 9-month fixed maternity cover contract and I was led to believe when I was interviewed that it was almost certain to become permanent as the lady for whom I was covering was not expected to return. I have just been told (one month before the fixed-term contract was due to end) that although the lady is not coming back, my employment will cease at the end of the contract. Throughout my tenure in the job, I had been given absolutely no reason to believe that I would not be able to continue. There is another job being advertised in the company which I am being encouraged to apply for and for which they are happy to give me a very good reference. But this job has a smaller salary. I took a reduction in salary to show willing when I took the fixed-term job but I am not prepared to take another reduction. Have my employers fulfilled their obligation to me by giving me the fixed-term job after my ten years of permanent employment or would I be entitled to redundancy?
  • Jun 12, 2010, 01:57 AM
    Clough
    Hi, Ginda!

    I would presume that being redundant would be something that you don't want.

    Would that be true, please?

    Thanks!
  • Jun 12, 2010, 02:09 AM
    Ginda

    Thank you for your reply. I am interested in redundancy now.
  • Jun 12, 2010, 02:13 AM
    Clough
    Are you represented by a union of some kind, please?
  • Jun 12, 2010, 02:22 AM
    Ginda

    Unfortunately not.
  • Jun 12, 2010, 02:33 AM
    Clough
    Do you think that they released you against the terms of your original contract that you had for ten years?
  • Jun 12, 2010, 03:36 AM
    Ginda

    I was released on the grounds that I do not have an assertive enough character and that the job would suit a younger person. This would surely have broken the terms of my original contract which did not state what sort of age or character I had to be. (I am 53.)
  • Jun 12, 2010, 05:30 AM
    excon

    Hello Ginda:

    I don't know what redundancy is, but if you had a contract that was arbitrarily changed, and it was, and you didn't do anything about it then, you may not have any rights to do it now...

    Although, I really don't know. I think you should see a solicitor.

    excon
  • Jun 12, 2010, 07:14 AM
    AK lawyer
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Ginda View Post
    I was released on the grounds that... the job would suit a younger person. This would surely have broken the terms of my original contract which did not state what sort of age or character I had to be. (I am 53.)

    Looks like age discrimination to me. Do they allow that wherever you are?
  • Jun 12, 2010, 07:29 AM
    Ginda

    I live in London, England and my employers say on their website that they 'strive to ensure that all employees are able to contribute to their maximum potential, irrespective of gender, race, ethnic or national origin, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age.'
  • Jun 12, 2010, 07:37 AM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Ginda View Post
    I live in London,

    Hello again, G

    Bummer for you. That stuff is a goal, it's not a law. I think you're out of gas.

    excon
  • Jun 12, 2010, 01:40 PM
    Clough
    I would assume that you've accumulated benefits.

    Have you?
  • Jun 13, 2010, 01:54 AM
    Ginda

    What sort of benefits? I get a non-contributory pension.

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