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Jobs for over 50s

John Mann
Hi All,

Arrived at work today for the first day of the new year to find that I and eveyone else have lost their jobs. This despite record profits last year. It's a long and involved story.

I am 56. So please, ANY advice welcomed on job-seeking. I'm an Electronc Engineer and have also the parallel roles of Quality Manager and Production Manager. Quite happy to work "hands on".

My software experience is 13+ years out of date due to my employer having a great divide between hardware and software.

John/
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    John Mann:

    .... Since there are less than 20 employees it seems there is no legal process to follow. 




    John,

    I think that you will find that there is always a legal process to follow (even for one person), it is just that the process may be a bit less bureaucratic. For instance, larger businesses may have the ability to elect a staff spokesperson. I had a quick look and one website states "Even in small or micro businesses, it is legally required to consult individually with each employee who is at risk of redundancy. You should inform your staff about this consultation using a redundancy consultation letter. The letter can be used as the first step in the redundancy process when you are making just one employee redundant with no pooling."

    On this forum you are quite likely to be able to find a number of people who have been through it and know the process, so I would suggest you make use of it.

    Alasdair

     

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    John Mann:

    .... Since there are less than 20 employees it seems there is no legal process to follow. 




    John,

    I think that you will find that there is always a legal process to follow (even for one person), it is just that the process may be a bit less bureaucratic. For instance, larger businesses may have the ability to elect a staff spokesperson. I had a quick look and one website states "Even in small or micro businesses, it is legally required to consult individually with each employee who is at risk of redundancy. You should inform your staff about this consultation using a redundancy consultation letter. The letter can be used as the first step in the redundancy process when you are making just one employee redundant with no pooling."

    On this forum you are quite likely to be able to find a number of people who have been through it and know the process, so I would suggest you make use of it.

    Alasdair

     

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