No I dont think so, see in all this, I think it's not the fact of them withdrawing the redundancy now, its the fact that I believe the company acted improper as in the way they have gone about this, as far as I am concerned I just feel I have been wronged purely because they should never have offered it in the first place because the other guy hadn't actually confirmed what he was doing.

I did also sign a letter formally accepting the redundancy package that the company offered me.

I didn't have a letter of dismissal, I was supposed to be getting that from the office last night and when I went there they instead told me I wasn't getting it. I had an email originally saying they would like to select me for the voluntary redundancy and asked me to give my decision by monday, I then emailed them with my decision, and spoke with the guy sorting it with regards to a termination date etc...so thats the only correspondance we have had.

Exactly, it is such a large sum of money (I had been there 16 years) to be dangled in from of you to then be taken away just as quick, and we are also talking a major company not some small tin pot company. I just feel so badly treated as they should not have offered it until other employee confirmed, they had all of my dissmissal contract all drawn up and even said today could have been my last day only I chose to have an extra couple of weeks there which they were more than happy with. everything was finalised from my side and then this happens.

I work for a large shipping company that is in the process of stream lining the business. Due to this one of our shore side kitchens was closed. The staff there where to be made redundant unless some one from the shipping side of the company would swap contracts with them, thus taking the voluntary redundancy in their place. The head chef from shore side said he would like to try working on board ship. So the company gave him a month’s trial to see weather the shift patterns will work for him. He informed them that he would like to stay so the next step was to find a replacement for his redundancy. I was said person, I was offered the redundancy on Sat 06/04/13 and asked to consult with my family as they needed my answer by Monday 08/04/13. I have formally accepted the deal, which I did on the Monday as requested, I have interviews lined up. Iwas due to formally leave 20/4/13. But on the 09/4/13 I received a call to be informed that this is now not going to happen, as the man who said he was staying has now decided instead of staying he wants to take the redundancy. Where do I stand from a legal position? I am aware that a redundancy offer can be withdrawn up until it is all legally signed but surly if the person had not signed a new contract stating they where defiantlystaying a redundancy should not have been offered to me, let alone the formal forms being completed. It seems that the other person was given until Tuesday to make his final decision but I was asked to decline or accept by Monday (the day before), should they not have had his decision before even offering it to me.