Jennyhenny Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Does anybody know anything about the rules of redundancy. If you are three weeks into the "consultation period" can you be served Notice of Redundancy before the consultation period ends. According to a letter "Consultation" was expected to end at the end of October. If they issue Redundancy Notice before the end of the consultation period - when does 12 weeks notice start from - when notice issued or when the end of the consultation period was supposed to be? Hope this makes sense - its doing my head in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathybc Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 From my recollection of being in a similar position, I think it has to be 12 weeks from when the consultation period was supposed to end; but issuing the notice before the end of the consultation period kind of makes a mockery of the consultation period, I would have thought Hopefully someone who knows for sure will come along. If not, and your HR dept can't help, perhaps the good old CAB may be able to help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 when the place I work at made redundancies in may the notice started the day they signed they're Redundancy letters that was also the day they finnished work we had no Consultation Period through have a look at the work and pensions web site it might help or try ACAS http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1611 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Sorry, not familiar with the rules but take a look here, the TUC's WorkSmart site is really useful and easy to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvonne Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I find a great sourse of info on anything to do with employment law is the BusinessLink website - if you google it, I'm sure you'll find the answer to all your questions - hope this helps ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dippy bird Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I was recently made redundant, I was given a 4 week displacement period and then given 3 months notice. Your notice shouldn't start until after your 4 weeks is up - maybe it's different with different company's but I can't imagine that it would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I was recently made redundant. As I understand it, where a company is making more than 20 people redundant, a consultation period must be applied. My consultation period was one month. During the consultation period I was given access to a career management consultant, who helped me with my CV, and I was allowed time off for interviews. My notice period started at the end of the consultation period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
