If you get another job, you might want to leave your job during your notice period. If this is the case, you can ask your employer to change your finishing date. If they agree to change the date, you’ll still be entitled to your redundancy pay although, of course, you won’t continue to be paid by your old employer.
Can being made redundant be a good thing?
Redundancy is also an opportunity to sit down and take stock of your career is going and what you’d like to do next. That might mean a complete career change or going back to college to enhance your qualifications – something you mightn’t be able to do without that redundancy payment.
Do you have to take another job if you are made redundant?
Instead of being made redundant, you might be able to take another job with your employer if you have redundancy rights (‘suitable alternative employment’). If a suitable job comes up in your company or organisation, your employer must offer it to you rather than make you redundant. You do not have to take the job if you do not think it’s suitable.
What happens if I turn down an offer of redundancy?
If you turn down the offer of a suitable job, you may lose your entitlement to redundancy pay. This will only be the case where your employer (or an associated employer, or a new employer taking over the business) offers you a suitable alternative job before your current contractexpires, which is to start within four weeks.
How to apply for redundancy pay if your employer is insolvent?
Find out about: If your employer is insolvent, find out how to apply for redundancy pay, holiday pay, statutory notice pay and any other money you’re owed by your employer from the Insolvency Service .
How to explain redundancy in a job interview?
Similarly, address any redundancy-related questions in a job interview by focusing on successes in your previous job and explaining how you’ve used your time proactively since your redundancy. If you have recently been made redundant, you may feel as though you’re facing an uncertain future.
