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This is the Conversation Forum for Coping With Redundancy << Redundancy and savings... My experience >> Subject: What are you entitled by law? Posted Jun 11, 2003 by Trout Montague   Posting 1 This depends where you are (or were) employed of course, because that will most-likely determine the law under whose jurisdiction your entitlements will be governed. In general, your Contract will define your entitlements subject to statutory minima. The Law should overide your Contract. In England, minimum period of notice is (I believe still) governed by the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act, 1978 (EPCA), and you are protected from unfair dismissal by the EPCA and the Employment Acts (1980 and 1982). Length of service less than 4 weeks &#8211; no notice required. Length of service more than 4 weeks but less than 2 years &#8211; 1 week notice. Length of service more than 2 years but less than 3 years &#8211; 2 weeks notice. Length of service more than 3 years but less than 4 years &#8211; 3 weeks notice. ...and so on ... up to Length of service more than 12 years &#8211; 12 weeks notice. The EPCA also governs the statutory size of redundancy payouts, which can be calcualted as follows: For each year in service aged less than 22 but not less than 18 &#8211; 0.5 week of pay. For each year in service aged less than 41 but not less than 22 &#8211; 1 week of pay. For each year in service aged less than 65 but not less than 41 &#8211; 1.5 week of pay. Surely some HR person can confirm this. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: What are you entitled by law? Posted Jun 11, 2003 by Mikey the Humming Mouse - A3938628 Learn More About the Edited Guide! This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 *sigh* Those of us in the US don't have such extensive protection, although those in union jobs often do. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: What are you entitled by law? Posted Jul 11, 2003 by Trout Montague This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 Credit where credit's due, please. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: What are you entitled by law? Posted Jul 14, 2003 by World Service Memoryshare team This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 Dear DMT, Sorry, I thought I'd put you in. You should be on now. Thanks for your contribution Anna Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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