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Know Your Rights If you are made redundant, you may be given the opportunity to try out another post with the same employer for a four-week trial period. If the job does not suit you, you can resign within those four weeks and still be entitled to your redundancy payment. A recent case shows that you have to stick to this exactly. An employee was made redundant when the branch of her employer's retail chain was closed down. She was offered a trial re-engagement at another store. Her solicitors wrote to the employer twice during the four weeks, trying to clarify her right to a redundancy payment, but they received no reply. She gave her notice to terminate the new job two weeks after the end of the trial period. The Employment Appeals Tribunal said that she had lost her right to a redundancy payment. The law says you have to resign within four weeks to preserve your rights, and she had not done so. A costly two weeks of uncertainty!