short time/job seekers allowance

Don't know whether this is the right forum or whether it has been asked before.

How long can an employer leave an employee on shorttime? I have been on shorttime (working 3days a wk) for nearly 2 years now. I was fulltime up until then. have been with the employer for the last 13 years now. Employer keeps reviewing the situtation every 3 months.

baseljacko said:

Don't know whether this is the right forum or whether it has been asked before.

How long can an employer leave an employee on shorttime? I have been on shorttime (working 3days a wk) for nearly 2 years now. I was fulltime up until then. have been with the employer for the last 13 years now. Employer keeps reviewing the situtation every 3 months.

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Im not an expert on short time but AFAIK you cannot be on short time for this length of time (there has to be a definite end date)
Are you receiving SW at the minute. I would advise you to go to your local SW Office and explain the situation to them and have your claim (if you have one) re categorized to casual.

There is no time limit for being on short-time, although if it becomes clear that it is not temporary then you can argue that a redundancy situation arises (although there is no guideline as to what it is considered temporary.

You can of course opt to apply for voluntary redundancy if your short-time has lasted for 4 weeks or more, provided that your employer cannot guarantee you 13 weeks work at full hours/wages.

If you opt to continue in the employment rather than seeking redundancy, then make sure that you are regularly writing to the employer to say that this is a temporary situation, and that you have not accepted the short-time wages, otherwise if it does come to redundancy any calculation could be based on your reduced salary!!!!