Top tips for surviving redundancy
Follow our top tips for redundancy to ensure you get the best chance of keeping your role, and the best compensation if you do not.
Redundancy Guide For Employers
HOW WE HELP BUSINESSES Redundancy Guide For Employers Whether you are looking to reorganise your business to change the structure or skills mix or just reduce headcount, we can support your business if a redundancy situation arises. We understand that redundancy can...
Your Brexit strategy – How to deal with redundancy
Rolleen McDonnell considers the strategy employees should have when dealing with a potential redundancy in the wake of Brexit.
Who counts as ‘redundant’ for the purposes of collective consultation?
Where an employer in the UK proposes to dismiss more than 20 employees at one establishment in a period of 90 days, they must consult on a collective basis. If an employee resigns in response to a substantial change to their working conditions, they can be counted towards the 20-person threshold.
Ignorance of need to consult collectively no bar to protective awards
An employer’s claim that it failed to consult collectively because it was not aware that it was obliged to do so is no excuse, and protective awards (of up to three months pay per employee) remain payable in such circumstances.