March 08 Curdridge Parish News - Hampshire County Council

Manor
Farm
Spring is supposed to start in March but signs of new
growth and new born animals and birds have been
around for several weeks now.
We have young lambs and chicks, and this years
calves are due very soon. The wildlife garden is full of
birds of all types feeding and nesting, and the pond is
showing signs of life after the winter. The flower garden
and vegetable patch have both benefited from the work
put into them over the winter.
The park is looking green again as everything springs
back to life.
Lyn Whitear
Manor Farm Diary Dates
for March
Sunday 2nd - Mothering Sunday
Victorian Makeover for mum. Come along and
get mum dressed up as a Victorian lady and have
her photo taken as a momento of this special day.
Sunday 16th
Sees the start of the summer season when we are
open every day through to the end of October.
Friday 21st to Monday 24th
This year, Easter is fairly early. There will be craft
activities going on over this period for the children
to enjoy as well as farmyard walks, milking,
school lessons etc. So come along and see us as
the new season begins.
For more information please ring 01489 787055
Lyn Whitear
Q
A
Citizens Advice
Bureau
The company I work for has recently
been taken over and transferred 30 miles
away. Can they make me travel this far
or should they offer me redundancy
It’s not quite straightforward and
depends on a number of things like your
contract, your circumstances and
whether you have been offered suitable
alternative employment.
First of all, it depends on whether there is a mobility
clause in your contract of employment, which says that
you are required to work in any one of a number of
locations or within a geographical area (although the
geographical area could be the whole of the UK!)
If there is no mobility clause in the contract, an
employment tribunal would usually find that you
were redundant because the business you work for has
moved. However, you might lose this entitlement if it
was felt you had unreasonably refused an offer of
suitable alternative employment. On the other hand, if
moving to new premises means that you could no
longer pick up your children from childcare, for example,
your circumstances would make you able to claim
redundancy.
There have also been challenges to mobility clauses on
the grounds that if the employee only works in one
place, it is unreasonable to insert a mobility clause into
a contract and could have been done simply to avoid
redundancy claims.
You probably need more detailed help about your
particular circumstances and your local CAB will be
able to help.
For more information employment issues contact your
local CAB at The Library, Bank Street, Bishop's
Waltham, SO32 1AN, Tel. No. (01489) 896376 open
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Friday. We also run an advice surgery at
Wickham Community Centre, Mill Lane, Wickham
on Thursdays from 10.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m, If this is
not convenient, please note our Thursday evening
appointments only session (from 4 to 7 p.m.) at the
Bishop’s Waltham Bureau. You can also go to our
local website www.bishopswalthamcab.org.uk or you
can go to the national Citizens Advice website;
www.adviceguide.org.uk .