Will the new employers honour the length of service as far as future redundancy payments?
There is a statutory basis on which redundancy severance payments are calculated. The Employment Rights Act 1996 established redundancy compensation based on the completed years of service and the age of an employee. These are minimum standards and employers have discretion to improve the severance payments made. • Question: Following the job evaluation exercise, care staff at long last have a more acceptable wage. Was it ever suggested or stated by the employers that we would pay for it by being ‘transferred’ to private employers? Answer: The Job Evaluation exercise is an entirely separate issue which affected all employees throughout the Council. The TOPS initiative is one of a number of similar exercises being conducted throughout the Council to improve or maintain standards of service delivery, during a period where there is a significant reduction in the finance available. The options to improve residential Care Services have been carefully considered and the preferred option is t
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