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Redundancy Payment Protection Insurance

Redundancy insurance is designed to provide you that added security to you and your family if you lose your source of income typically caused by unexpected job cuts. Signing up for redundancy payment protection insurance is a good idea to consider, especially if you have a family to provide for.

The general gist of redundancy payment protection is that in cases of unexpected job loss, where you lose your monthly income, the plan covers your income for typically 12 to 24 months, which gives you plenty of time to find a new job.

With redundancy payment protection insurance, sometimes also known as Unemployment Protection Insurance, you will pay a monthly fee, but this small fee will be a great benefit in case you do lose your job in the future.

In case you do become unemployed, you should be aware that the redundancy payment protection will more than likely not arrive in your mail box the day or so after. Typically, there is a wait period that must expire before you actually start receiving any money from your redundancy payment protection plan.

You do also need to realize that you will only be covered under your redundancy payment protection plan if you lose you job due to staff cuts or other terms that are not your fault. IE if you are repeatedly late for work, your boss has already given you numerous warnings, and you then fired, you won't be covered.

Your redundancy payment protection policy will not cover you if you resign, get fired, or take a voluntary redundancy offer. If you quit, that's your choice, so there's no reason that your insurance company should cover you because you voluntarily opted to leave you job and income. If you're fired, it's typically because of poor workmanship or some other cause that is your own fault, which was more than likely preventable.

You will only be covered by your redundancy payment protection policy if you lose your job because your work was no longer needed, such as in cases where the business is closing or moving to a different type of business where your skills won't be needed. The redundancy payment protection insurance only covers you if you lose your jobs due to genuine redundancy.

Before you purchase a redundancy payment protection insurance plan, you want to shop around a bit before committing to one plan over another, as you may find that a smaller company may have a better redundancy payment protection plan for your needs or that a larger company is going to charge you a higher fee for a lesser redundancy payment protection plan coverage.