Society & Culture

What to do when faced with redundancy

Society & Culture

Posted by: Jayney63

24th Sep 2011 04:07am

You are a sole office administrator in a small company. Your employers wife informs you that she is going to "outsource" the accounts and therefore your services will no longer be required. Formal notice has not yet been given but will be. Your job involves much more then just the accounts and you are alone in the shop 60% of the time, sometimes all day. You suspect that the "outsource" is going to be the employers daughter or daughter-in-law. What would be your next step?

magsward
  • 20th Oct 2011 08:02am

My sister-in-law was in the same position as you but instead chose to look elsewhere. She is now happily employed in another job. My husband was made redundant last year and I have had to resign due to bullying issues. It is not easy in this economy to be out of work, but to fight an issue like yours is sometimes not worth it. I did win an unjustified dismissal case last year but I had a good lawyer who was able to prove that I was treated unjustly. I would only suggest this if you can prove what the employer is doing. You are probably better off to simply resign, accept it and move on. It maybe difficult financially for awhile (we are struggling on an extremely low income) but it can be done. Unfortunately this happens a lot. We are simply cutting back, accepted an offer of a cheap house from my brother, looking for free entertainment, scouring the internet for cheap meals and saving where we can. If you get behind in bills most places are happy to accommodate you if you ring and let them know early on. Best of luck.


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