Redundancy

[daithebus]

After 22 years service, I have been given notice of redundancy. My new employer wants me to continue working for them, same conditions etc. Am I legally entitled to take my redundancy and then continue working for my new employer starting from day 1 under a new contract of employment or does my new employer have to honour my previous years service if I am made redundant in the future.

[squarebear]

Nope. I went through something similar. If you take your redundancy, you can't work for the same company for at least 4 weeks without having to pay it back.

However, this may be company specific and so I would check with your HR department.

[factor-fiction]

I don't think HMRC would be too impressed if you received up to £30000 in redundancy payments tax free and started work again with the same employer, unless it was a completely different role.
How different is the new role?
If it's redundancy rather than a TUPE transfer then there is no entitlemnt to demand the same terms and conditions

[daithebus]

Thanks for your help and quick replies

[boxtops]

I don't understand how they can keep you on in the same job. Redundancy by definition means that a company doesn't need anyone to do that job any more - it's the post that's redundant, not the person. How can you be redundant, is the firm being taken over? if so then you could be TUPEd into the new job by the sound of it, and just carry on with your service history.