Can my employer withdraw redundancy pay if I get a new job?

[deweydells]

I've been made redundant and I left my job last week. I'd been in my job for a number of years and the redundancy pay is significant (to me at least). I'm supposed to receive the payment within two weeks of leaving but I haven't had anything yet.

When I was going through the selection process I was told that if I got another job before I left then they could withdraw my redundancy pay. I have been offered another job in the last few days (although I haven't signed the contract yet). It's a small industry and difficult to keep anything quiet so I'm worried that my former employer may have found out and stopped my redundancy pay. Would they be within their rights to do this?

Did you have any kind of compromise agreement?

If you left before their end date then they could possibly not pay you, but if you were there to the end of your contract then I don't see what they can do

also you haven't signed anything before you left so even if they could restrict you like that you've already left

What total wanders you used to work for

And has the redundancy taken effect or are you still on your notice period/holiday?

Thanks for the replies. The redundancy has taken effect. I had some holiday to take but I officially left last week. I stayed to the their end date to finish off a project they wanted me to work on.

I'm afraid I don't know what a compromise agreement is. I'm probably just being paranoid because I don't trust them and I don't have the money in my account yet but it did feel like I was being intimidated into not getting another job!

If you don't know what one is, you don't have one!

At the point the redundancy took effect, you didn't have an alternative job. I think they'd be very stupid to not pay you

A compromise agreement would cover something like restricting what kind of companies you can work for within a certain time period - eg if you were in printing, you couldnt work for a competitor for 2 years - but they would probably have to pay you a premium for that

Have they given you the amounts they are going to pay you yet? do you know the final amount?

If they have not paid you at the end of the 2 weeks promised, you should probably contact them and let them know, and then maybe get proper legal advice