Am i entitled to redundancy?

[noiniho]

The company I am working for announced it is closing in November and all the staff except my Department have been given their redundancy notice.

75% of my department will be retained (my department accounted for less then 5% of the total workforce), it is not really a continuation of my old role as the following will testify to;

- We have had to interview for the 'new' jobs as not everyone in the department will be kept on.
-We will have new contracts,
-our job titles have been changed, to enable lesser contracts,
- we are losing fringe benifits,
- Salaries are being reduced,
- The new role will be in a different location.

With all these changes to my contract, am i entitled to a redundancy payment?

 

[shipibo]

Yes. you can agree to new contracts or seek redundancy.



http://www.redundancy.ie

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Your employer cannot unilaterally cut your wages, or alter your terms and conditions.

What distance is new location from old one.

 

[noiniho]

Yes. you can agree to new contracts or seek redundancy.



http://www.redundancy.ie

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Your employer cannot unilaterally cut your wages, or alter your terms and conditions.

What distance is new location from old one.

15-20 Miles from the old location.

So do you think i could be entitled to the redundancy and get one of the new jobs? the company will have the same name