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So the company has put me at risk of redundancy and now offered me a new job, slightly different to my old job.
This new job is on the same money, less holidays and a capped bonus scheme (my original bonus was uncapped)
The company does not want to offer redundancy but will give it if I decide that during my trial period of the new postion I agree with my line manager that the job does not suit.
The new manager has not been appointed yet, and I still have no start date for the new postion, so do not know when the trial period will start/end.
I have started looking for a new job but would like to take the redundancy option.
Do you think the company are being unreasonable?
Any experience and/or comments would be much appreciated
Thanks in advance
The company does not want to offer redundancy but will give it if I decide that during my trial period of the new postion I agree with my line manager that the job does not suit.
fairly sure you shouldn't need to be in agreement with anyone else for this to apply
TBH - it sounds like they're just trying to force though a contract change
TBH - it sounds like they're just trying to force though a contract change
Yep. Whatever happens; DO NOT SIGN A NEW CONTRACT.
Also do not work too long on the presumed new terms without registering your objection in writing. You have a very small window to do this before you are deemed to have accepted the new terms by default.
[b]On one hand it sounds reasonable[/b]. Your employer is going down the redeployment route rather than mandatory redundancy.
Your situation sounds very similar to what my employer did several years ago.
A lot of roles were being offshored to India. Affected staff were offered redeployment, which would be followed by redundancy if a suitable role could not be found in the organisation.
If a role was found that the company believed you were capable of doing (i.e you had the skills), you were expected to accept it. There was a 3 month trial period for the above scenario, with some retraining factored in also.
If you declined the offer of a suitable role you were considered to be resigning and were not entitled to any redundancy package.
If, after the trial period, the company & yourself agreed that the role was unsuitable they'd look into further redeployment opportunities, or failing that offer a redundancy package.
[b]On the other hand[/b], your employer could be using it as a mechanism to change your contract - hence the reduced holidays and capped bonus ...
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[i]"Also do not work too long on the presumed new terms without registering your objection in writing. You have a very small window to do this before you are deemed to have accepted the new terms by default"[/i]
Do you have any further info on this??
This new job is on the same money, less holidays and a capped bonus scheme (my original bonus was uncapped)
I've been in a similar position a few times over the years, every time the alternative role has carried the same Ts&Cs [salary aside]
Maybe that was my company just giving a better deal than they had to? I dunno
For me, it never got to the point where I had to make a decision as they ended up with enough volunteers