WA Resigned Three Weeks Ago - Claim on Redundancy?

[kevin bowles]

I resigned from my employer on medical grounds 3 weeks before my fellow staff were made redundant. Do I have any claim to redundancy under employment law? I was an employee for 17 years.

 

[Rod]

That's a bummer Kevin.

Any way you can 'un-resign'? Was your resignation acknowledged and accepted by the employer?

If not, looks like you were very unlucky. Can't see why you would be entitled to redundancy if you resigned first.

It used to be a fairly common tactic for management to unsettle staff with fear uncertainty and doubt so that many would leave before redundancies were offered. Of course the drawback to this approach was that the company lost many of its best employees first as they knew they could get jobs easily elsewhere.

All the best.

 

[Ivy]

Hi Kevin,

Can you describe a bit more about what was going on at your workplace in the lead up to your resignation?

• Were you harassed, threatened or intimidated?
• What were the "medical grounds" you referred to? Were they caused by your employer?
• Why were the staff made redundant? Has the business folded?

 

[kevin bowles]

New

thanks for responding, unfortunately my disability is not work related and wasn't caused by employer
the company I worked for closed our local branch (large company) I didn't think I had a case was wondering if they had known they were closing before I resigned I may have a case but I guess that is more ethical than law