Although, the company only pays statutory redundancy pay, last year 3 people were made redundant and were paid double the statutory amount.
No reference was made in the letter to these people that this was against the norm. and there was no reason to do this ( apart from as a “sweetener”). In recent years, no other redundancies have taken place.
Could this be taken as “common practise” and should they therefore pay double to any future employees made redundant ?
Tracy Houlden