11/02/2011 14:33:27
Marmalade
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Hi
I was going to to take voluntary redundancy from the NHS. To recieve the money, the NHS has said that 28 days after leaving we need to sign a form to say we haven't worked in the NHS during that 28 days. I would then get the redundancy money possibly 28 days after that date in the next payroll. So this means I would have to wait 2 months after taking redundancy before being paid. Is this legal? I'm not sure how I would manage financially having to wait 2 months. They are telling different colleagues different things - my colleague was told she would be paid 28 days after leaving (not 2 months). I have offered to sign a form to say I won't take any work within the NHS within 28 days so they can pay me 28 days after leaving to no avail. Is there a legal deadline when they should pay your redundancy by?
Many thanks.
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11/02/2011 20:46:34
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Surely there is a distinction between having to wait (for reasons which are not really clear to me) for the redundancy payment itself - and waiting for the pay in respect of what you have worked for (and any pay in lieu). I don't think there would be a time limit as such, subject to the length of time a claim for a redundancy payment can be made to a tribunal i.e. 6 months. I can't see why they would be able to get away with paying you nothing for 2 months though, (which seems to be the suggestion) especially as you were presumably paid monthly previously. I can only assume that the reason for this is that the actual redundancy payment is calculated on the basis of a particular leave date. There is possibly a distinction between the date you decide to take redundancy and the date you are actually made redundant?
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16/02/2011 11:35:49
Marmalade
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Hi
Many thanks for getting back to me. There is no pay in lieu for voluntary redundancy in my trust in the NHS, only for statutory redundancy. The trust I work for gave a me leave date for the end of this month, the date of my pay day. They said 28 days after this (i.e. what would have been my next pay day) they send me a form for me to confirm I haven't worked for the NHS for the previous 28 days. Then I send the form back, and they then let payroll know, who will release the money in the following pay run i.e. this is now 2 months after leaving. I have been informed another NHS Trust asks people to sign a form to say they won't work for the NHS for 28 days after leaving and they get their redundancy pay there and then, so Trusts holding on to redundancy money isn't NHS wide. My union says that only for statutory redundancy are they obliged to pay you on the day you leave, but not voluntary (I'm happy to wait 28 days for the money, but I can't afford to wait 2 months), and that by accepting the terms and conditions of voluntary redundancy I'm saying I'm happy to be paid in the future. However, a colleague told me that accepting the terms and conditions doesn't affect my statutory right to be paid my redundancy money the day I leave. Which is correct? Many thanks.
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20/02/2011 17:50:03
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It all sounds very very convoluted to me and I am sure there must be reasons for it and that the procedure was that which has been agreed with the union. I cannot see what you can do about it though - you either accept VR on the terms that have been agreed between the union/trust, or you don't. There also seems to be slight confusion over pay in lieu (in respect of notice and having to work) and the actual redundancy payment itself. Whilst these will often come in the same cheque as it were, they are distinct payments. If asking you to go 2 months without any payment at all - redundancy or notice/wages is quite unreasonable but really should be taken up with the union as to why this is.
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12/09/2011 19:15:25
BLiss
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Hi there. I'm employed by the nhs trust, my post is funded by the pct and I work with the local authority. I was seconded to the post in 2001. I applied for vrs in march 2011 and was denied because it was considered that the trust would not make a saving from paying me off. However the pct are also making cuts. Could the trust apply to the pct for my vr pay
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10/01/2012 18:25:48
emas51
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Hi - After over 16 years service NHS I have volunteered for redundancy at the PCT, and as I am over 60 years old have my pension waiting. Would I be able to be re-employed on less hours and if so how long do I have to wait before I can re-join. Many thanks.
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