Recently joined a Co who began laying people off about a week before she started.....

Hi All....

This is dirceted toward any employment experts out there.....

Mrs d2's friend, we'll call her Ms c3po recently joined a company who began laying people off about a week before she started and have continued to do so....She's now there a month and is worried as the people that were let go got statutory redundancy only (which would be no use for her as she's only there a month) The area she works in appears to be relatively safe from the redundancies but off the record she's been told nobody is safe.....A couple of other facts, her probation period is 6 months and her notice period is 3 months....So, here are the questions...

By law, if the company let her go are they legally bound to pay her 3 months notice period ?

If the answer to the first question is no, if she were to resign before they made her redundant, would she still be entitled to the 3 months notice even though she hasn't served her probation period ?

She's no major financial worries so she's leaning toward resigning but only if she knows she's covered for the next 3 months. Her major problem is that the uncertainty and the gloomy mood around her office is wrecking her head.

Thanks,

r2d2

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r2d2 said:

By law, if the company let her go are they legally bound to pay her 3 months notice period ?

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Yes they will have to pay her for this period but they will probably also expect her to work through her notice too.

r2d2 said:

If the answer to the first question is no, if she were to resign before they made her redundant, would she still be entitled to the 3 months notice even though she hasn't served her probation period ?

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If she quits, then she's only entitled to collect her p45.

I'm not too sure what you mean by "entitled to the 3 months notice" in this question. Maybe you are confusing "notice" with "redundancy"?
"Notice" is basically just the length of time that you are warned/warning that your job will finish.

Re: Recently joined a Co who began laying people off about a week before she started.

If she quits, then she's only entitled to collect her p45.

I'm not too sure what you mean by "entitled to the 3 months notice" in this question. Maybe you are confusing "notice" with "redundancy"?
"Notice" is basically just the length of time that you are warned/warning that your job will finish.
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Found out this morning that her contract states that the company can terminate her employment (whilst she is still in her probationary period) with one weeks notice of same. What I meant re; 3 months notice was that if she quit and gave the company three months notice (as her contract says she has to) at least it would mean that she should be guaranteed to be paid for the next three months whether they made her work through the notice period or not...Which would sound the better alternative than getting kicked out with a weeks pay...!?