Made Redundent

[richardajones]

I have been working for a shop selling clothes, for the past 8yrs
I worked with one other who started 1 yrs ago, a manager and an assistant manager, we work on shifts having 2 days off a week where cover is divided between us. For along time i worked on Mondays alone but recently that changed due to increased customer demand.
We have been hitting bonus for the past 3 months.
So, they made me redundent with 3 months pay stateing that my job was no longer available due to internal changes being made.
2 weeks later I find out that they employed a part timer and is now fully employed to do exactly what i have been doing for the past 8 yrs.
This next bit is hearsay, I also heared 1 day after leaving that the manager who is in a relationship with the owner and the assistant managers son (18) had said to the owner that no one likes me, what,,, my friend in IT was not happy about that nor was my counterpart in clothing so I feel this is personal discrimination by my manager and her son (assistant manager)
The offer of 3 months pay is a good offer and i accepted it prior to finding out about the new person being employed to do my job, but i feel I have been pushed out due to personal reasons.
Where do i go with this now?
Richard

[Tools]

Re: Made Redundent

I agree that the way you have been forced into redundancy seems wrong, but if you were to pursue this further what would you be looking to gain/achieve?

Do you have an outcome in mind that would satisfy you?

[richardajones]

Re: Made Redundent

I agree that the way you have been forced into redundancy seems wrong, but if you were to pursue this further what would you be looking to gain/achieve?

Do you have an outcome in mind that would satisfy you?

Thank you for your reply

Its more than a monitry value now, its not allowing them to get away with treating me like this, and also to make them know that I know they are wrong and cant do this to others in the future. Its about protecting ones future, feeling satisfied that I can go on knowing Im not hated in my place of work, and that I did do a good job There.
They can not walk over people this way, Yes I would like to see them punished, they hurt me, made me feel usless and low, I need to hold my head up, get satisfied in closure, and feel good that I am a nice person.

[Harmonica]

Re: Made Redundent

Employment law is brutal, cold and calculating. Unfortunately it does not care much about your feelings. It is all about evidence. You appear to have been unlawfully made redundant wrongly but can you prove it? If you can prove it and you can afford the fees then take them to an ET on this basis but as difficult as it is, try not to make it a personal vendetta because you will not be able to think clearly. Focus on the provable facts and evidence of your case. if you have no provable facts or evidence then you have no case and you need to try and move on.

[SpringerSpaniel]

Re: Made Redundent

If you took the employer to tribunal, even if you won you might not get more than the 3 months' pay, so it might not be worth it, unless there are reasons why it would be hard for you to get another job in 3 months.