Hello!
I work in a vet clinic in NZ, I’m currently the practice manager/head nurse. On 8/4/2026 I received a “proposal of closure” of our clinic due to the landlord wanting to demolish the building. The company have not found an “appropriate” site for us to move to (doesn’t sound like they really looked)
We had to provide feedback by 20th of April on the proposal. 23rd of April they had a meeting with us announcing clinic is closing but won’t tell us when. They won’t even tell us when we will find out it’s closing. Just that it’s closing.
We heard from the landlord and through the community that the “building is coming down in May” but the company refuse to tell us.
There is no role for me to move into that’s appropriate so it appears they’ll be making me redundant.
I want to know when the clinics closing before that happens but I have to inform them today if I’ll be choosing redundancy and still have no idea when my clinic is closing….
The head of HR said “the two are seperate issues”
What are the next steps from here? Redundancy isn’t common in the vet industry. My contract says 6 weeks.
Thank you for any help!