Anyone on here fully versed in the employment / employee laws?

[Buckman]

Your post raises a point wrt LinkedIn. I use the PM/DM facility sometimes if someone I have known pops up. Wonder if that will be age verification now. ? Never been head hunted though despite retiring in 2000, pre LinkedIn days😂

Our grandson worked as a bar manager in a local pub for about 2 years and dealt with all orders etc. He then left due to unsocial hours as he is only 25. he then worked as a manager for a health shop. He was head hunted by Bulmers about 2 months ago and now has a very good job with decent hours, good salary plus benefits.

 

[GaryB]

I joined "Linkedin" many years ago, for the supposed business links. Then I found I was getting requests from hairdressers, makeup people and others, the whole thing was linked into Facebook, and I was getting requests from friends of my sister in law. Certainly not the supposed business links I was expecting.

It's similar to other social media platforms where you have to set up your preferences etc very carefully to avoid irrelevant spam. I only use it for/receive information from within my industry BUT it now resembles Facebook groups with people boasting/falling out/making things up etc hence me always referring to it as a "poisonous playground", BUT marketing managers love it so I use it just to humour them!

 

[Jcloughie]

I am on Linkedin and like watching past colleagues progress. But get so many pointers to jobs (not actual offers). Yet my profile clearly states retired.

I wonder if there is a way of turning that off.

John

 

[otherclive]

My plan so far ...

Once the redundancy notice has finished with no more extensions come end November, I'll have Christmas off then be looking at using part of the redundancy money to gain my HGV C+E license in the new year.

I really enjoy driving, and have experience driving a 3.5T truck delivering furniture about scotland and really enjoyed it. If I don't find work then the Caravan would need to be sold

My two ex SILs and FiL were HGV drivers on big artics. Two did long haul in Britain and Europe, one was on bulkers. My daughters best friends ex husband was also large HGV artics. It’s a challenging occupation. There’s liking to drive and having to drive for a living.
The one thing all had in common was the pressure on family life mainly through tiredness when arriving home. FIL died quite young before reaching 65.

 

[Buckman]

The one thing all had in common was the pressure on family life mainly through tiredness when arriving home. FIL died quite young before reaching 65.

Same with a good friend of ours. Pulled into services and passed away. He had a medical only a few weeks prior.

 

[GaryB]

I occasionally follow a couple of truck drivers videos on YouTube and it's not a job I'd fancy, it certainly seems quite stressful career! Also shows that it's not just caravan owners that fall foul of weight loading as well with some being overweight despite their best intentions and research when loading.

 

[RogerL]

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My two ex SILs and FiL were HGV drivers on big artics. Two did long haul in Britain and Europe, one was on bulkers. My daughters best friends ex husband was also large HGV artics. It’s a challenging occupation. There’s liking to drive and having to drive for a living.
The one thing all had in common was the pressure on family life mainly through tiredness when arriving home. FIL died quite young before reaching 65.

I've "always" loved driving, from before I was old enough to do so legally and revelled in the fact that one of my early jobs entailed 50,000 miles/year - but I gradually began to hate driving in later years and could think of nothing worse by the time I retired - but within months of retiring I'd found my mojo again basically because there was no pressure to get anywhere by a set time plus I could choose what day and what time to travel, avoiding peak periods wherever possible.

Your comment "There’s liking to drive and having to drive for a living" is very apt, the two are very different.

 

[otherclive]

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I've "always" loved driving, from before I was old enough to do so legally and revelled in the fact that one of my early jobs entailed 50,000 miles/year - but I gradually began to hate driving in later years and could think of nothing worse by the time I retired - but within months of retiring I'd found my mojo again basically because there was no pressure to get anywhere by a set time plus I could choose what day and what time to travel, avoiding peak periods wherever possible.

Your comment "There’s liking to drive and having to drive for a living" is very apt, the two are very different.

I actually think they got to prefer living in their cabs to going home.

 

[Mel]

For those job hunting, be aware of the current Scam doing the rounds when you are rang by “the HR dept” about a job offer. You are then requested to contact them via WatsApp. What happens next I know not because I have put the phone down. I have had several job offers! 😂
Mel

 

[otherclive]

For those job hunting, be aware of the current Scam doing the rounds when you are rang by “the HR dept” about a job offer. You are then requested to contact them via WatsApp. What happens next I know not because I have put the phone down. I have had several job offers! 😂
Mel

Thats what you get for shutting down PMs.

 

[Mel]

Thats what you get for shutting down PMs.

I can still PM 😂.
I will try not to let the power and megalomania go to my head.
Mel

 

[Hutch]

For those job hunting, be aware of the current Scam doing the rounds when you are rang by “the HR dept” about a job offer. You are then requested to contact them via WatsApp. What happens next I know not because I have put the phone down. I have had several job offers! 😂
Mel

Mrs H, had one of those messages just this morning.

 

[Saxo Appeal]

Hi everyone

Well as you can remember I was handed my notice of employment in March.

Since then my contract was extended twice, one till the end of July, and now till the end of November.

Obviously I am greatful of the work and it pays the bills, but on the other hand there should be rights for employees so HR can't take the 'P' and keep rolling contracts over with short extensions to suit them!

I contacted the Citizens Advice, who then pointed me to ACAS and they basically said, HR can do what ever they wanted.... which wasn't what I wanted to hear

There should be a law that employers can only extend employees notice periods to a max 3, then they need to either take them back on the books or let them go! Pretty sure Denmark and other countries have a max limit.

I mean, this period hasn't been good on the family stress, and my mental health has been shot!

 

[RogerL]

But can your employer force you to extend? I see no issue if the employer offers an extension and the employee is free to accept it or decline it.

 

[Saxo Appeal]

But can your employer force you to extend? I see no issue if the employer offers an extension and the employee is free to accept it or decline it.

Naturally I’m going to accept to keep paying my bills, but there comes to a point the company has to be ‘fair’ and one would argue…if they keep extending, surely it shows that position still exists!

 

[ProfJohnL]

Unfortunately since Brexit the UK employment laws have diverged from the EU pattern.


As always the devil is in the details, and in the back of my mind I think I have heard that some N, Sea oil contracts have non standard terms of service. Perhaps your employer is not a registered UK business which might mean different employee rights in some matters.

To the question
"can UK employers extend redundancy periods"

Google AI reports

"Yes, UK employers can extend redundancy periods, but they must do so with the employee's express consent. An employer cannot unilaterally force an extension once the original redundancy notice has been formally issued. "

Based on the assumptions:-

1. AI is correct on this matter,
2. Your employment contract has normal employment protections
3. Your employer is bound to UK regulations,
4. The formal notice of redundancy had been issued to you.

Then your employer should not have asked you to extend your notice. Or you must have responded positively to your employers request.

Either your contract of employment or the induction process should have given you important details about dismissal and redundancy procedures.

I am surprised at the responses you have got from Citizens Advice and ACAS .I would have at least expected them to suggest you should contact a employment solicitor.

 

[otherclive]

In post 1 you said the employer offered an extension but on another rig. Doesn't this mean that working on the second rig is a different position from the job you were made redundant from? Are both rigs owned and operated buy the same company? If not that makes it much more complicated.

 

[Saxo Appeal]

I was offered an extension on another Rig but in the same position, then when my original Rig bagged another small contract I went back there on a second extension and in the same position.

Yes the Rigs are owned by same company