Well, it seems like my factory will be shut down by Christmas and all 84 employees will be made redundent.
Bit of a pi$$er!
Our parent company wants to be out of this market sector and all the dirty work out of the way before they are bought by a bigger company. We are just a bit of the dirty work!
So I now need to find something new to do with my life, that will also keep the wolf from the door.
Idealy like many others in this sort of situation I would like to combine earning money with doing something that i enjoy. A trick that has eluded me so far!
I do have one idea, that I had planned as a post retirement interest, that I now need to do a quick fiesability study on. I may post some questions about this later and it would be great if the orgers could help me decide wether its a goer or pie in the sky.
First things first however, does anyone have any recent (say last 2 years) experiance of redundency? If so would you post or PM details of the terms?
This info will help to strengthen our negotiating position.
I am NOT interested in £, just the terms
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Was there a cap on the amount of redundency? (OK if so what was the cap?)
How many weeks pay per year we paid?
Was there a minimum for newer employees?
Was any training offered, if so was there a limit in £, weeks pay, time to complete training etc?
Were people required to work their notice?
What outplacement support was offered, for how long?
Anything I have missed?
If possible the name of the company carrying out the redundencie would be superb
I have not named the company for now because the only real bargining chip we have is their desire to avoid adverse publicity, therefore it pays to keep that option up our sleeve
Thanks All