Thread: Appealing against redundancy

Hi

I need to appeal against my redundancy, does anyone have a template letter I could use / amend to submit my appeal?

Hi

I'm unable to post to much information, this site is used by others, surface to say, my employer claims my position is redundant, yet they are asking for "volunteers" to cover what was my shift

Thank you

Originally Posted by Bigredbus

Any other and I would request the employer to justify how the position has become redundant since he is covering what was my job...

Does this site have a template letter I could use / amend, I'm not very good at creating letter

Hi there. I can't see a template on the site, not to say there isn't one - I'm not very good at finding these things.....

As no-one is on the thread at the moment, maybe I'll try to start it off and then others can amend it. I've never written one myself either. Here goes:

Dear ____________

Proposed redundancy

I am writing to appeal against the decision to make my position with the company redundant.

I do not feel that the selection process has been fair to me. Further, I understand that volunteers have been requested to cover my shift. This means that my position is not redundant.

I look forward to hearing from you in writing.

Yours sincerely


I hope this might start some debate for you, Owen.

Hi

Originally Posted by honeybee13

Here goes:

Dear ____________

Proposed redundancy

I am writing to appeal against the decision to make my position with the company redundant.

I do not feel that the selection process has been fair to me. Further, I understand that volunteers have been requested to cover my shift. This means that my position is not redundant.

I look forward to hearing from you in writing.

Yours sincerely


I hope this might start some debate for you, Owen.

Fantastic, thank you, thank you, thank you, should anyone wish to add to the letter above, I best confirm, I've received my redundancy date, together with my redundancy package in writing.

Before I go ahead and upset some people, how will this affect any references I will require in future?

Originally Posted by Bigredbus

This case should not have any impact on any reference... as you are simply trying to assert your rights...

OK, thanks, do I give them a time when to reply i.e.: 7 / 14 days or a date, or just leave the letter as it stands?

OK, how does this sound?

Originally Posted by honeybee13

Dear ____________

Proposed redundancy

Following your verbal announcement 4 weeks ago re my position being "at risk" I'm still awaiting written confirmation, I'm therefore unable to comment any aspects in relation to that, however, I am writing to appeal against the decision to make my position with the company redundant.

I do not feel that the selection process has been fair to me. Further, I understand that volunteers have been requested to cover my shift. This means that my position is not redundant.

I look forward to hearing from you in writing within the next 7 business days

Yours sincerely

Originally Posted by Bigredbus

Proposed redundancy

Further to your announcement 4 weeks ago (re. my position being "at risk") I'm still awaiting written confirmation. I am, therefore, unable to comment on any aspect related to that, however, I am writing to appeal against the decision to make my position, within the company, redundant.

I do not feel that the selection process has been fair to me. Further, I understand that volunteers have now been requested to cover my shift. This means that my position has not been made redundant.

I look forward to hearing from you in writing within the next 7 days.

Yours sincerely

Thank you

Hello all

Update:

I submitted a written appeal against my redundancy, HR replied in writing giving an explanation why I was being made redundant (Loss of contracts / Company restructure, etc.,) their reply did not include any issues I raised with my appeal letter.

Is that it now? I assumed I was entitled to a face to face appeal to elaborate on the reasons why I appealed (no idea if I was legally entitled to a face to face appeal)

Any advice please?