Paid off without notice?

[philly1982]

I work in a residential home and there was an accident were part of the building collapsed. They are saying they are moving the residents to another home but they dont need the staff. Can they just pay up off without any notice or pay? We were told they could because of safeguarding (the residents). But lots of us will be without a job?:|

 

[Merchant UK]

I work in a residential home and there was an accident were part of the building collapsed. They are saying they are moving the residents to another home but they dont need the staff. Can they just pay up off without any notice or pay? We were told they could because of safeguarding (the residents). But lots of us will be without a job?:|

It depends how long you've worked there, if less than a year forget it, if more than 2 years i think they need to pay some sort of redunancy.

Either way you need to find out quickly and make sure the company is following the law. How many people are at risk of losing their job???

 

[philly1982]

Less than a year- in fact there's only 4 out of 19 who have been there over 2 years.

 

[Merchant UK]

Less than a year- in fact there's only 4 out of 19 who have been there over 2 years.

Unfortunately i think they can just let you go without any redunancy, Since you've worked rfor them for less than a year, after a year it could be unfair dismissal but even then you'd need to be working for 2 years for redunancy