I'd be very careful about this one. Firstly, can you be totally sure that the funding for the agreed post has been reduced by the funding agency? Or does the community organisation want to save a bit of money for their kitty - at your expense? If they want you to take a 20% reduction in pay - are you in temporary or permanent contract, do you have a valid and up-to-date contract, is there a clause in the contract saying that the terms in this employment contract can be re-negotiated. I'd ask them whether they want you to take a corolarly reduction in hours - days of work. If you refuse the paycut and leave work without good cause, any application for JB could then be suspended for 9 weeks. Is the company prepared to reduce your working week - once you work more than 3 days this would entitle you to claim JB for the day's that you are not working. If you are in a union - I'd contact the union. Also, the National Employment Rights Authority might be able to help in respect to clarifying issues around redundancy.