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EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION

REDUNDANCY ENTITLEMENT -  STATUTORY RIGHTS
a guide for employees  PL808 (Rev 6)

Contents

* Introduction
Redundancy payments 
* When is a redundancy payment due?
* Who can qualify?
* What 'dismissal' means
* What 'redundancy' means
* General rules on length of service
* If you are offered a new job
* Disputes about payments
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What are the payments?
* How to work out your length of service
* What a 'week's pay' means
*  If you are aged 64 or over
* What if my employer cannot pay?
* How to claim a payment: time limits
* Your pension
* Tax
* Jobseeker's Allowance
* If you die or your employer dies
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Employees who may not be entitled to a redundancy payment
* Applying to an employment tribunal
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Ready reckoner for working out the number of weeks' pay due

Offsetting pensions against redundancy payments
* General rules for offsetting
* What benefits may be offset?
* How long after redundancy may a pension begin to be paid and still qualify  for offset?
* What must an employer do who wishes to offset?
* How much offset is allowed?
* Pension and/or lump sum payable within a week of redundancy
* Pension or lump sum payable after an interval
* Are superannuation benefits to be offset before or after tax?
* How will disputes be settled?
* What if the employee has pensionable service with more than one employer?
* Can pension be offset whether or not the employer is responsible for the payment of the benefits, for example, if he contributes to a centralised scheme?
* Can a pension for widows or dependants be offset?
* What happens if an employee has an option to take a pension immediately or to take a 'frozen' pension instead?
Time off for job hunting or to arrange training when facing redundancy
* People not covered by the provisions
* Amount of time off
* Payment for time off
* Making a complaint
* Conciliation
* Tribunal hearing
* Remedy
* Appendix 1:Examples of calculating offset
* Appendix 2:Examples of apportionment of pension
* Appendix 3::Redundancy Payments Offices
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Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service

 

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Last updated 12 May 2003