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Helping you through the redundancy process
If you think you may need to make some jobs redundant in your business, it is important to allow sufficient time and follow the correct process, as mistakes can be very expensive. Whether it is helping you to draft a redundancy procedure as part of your suite of policies and procedures, or you need assistance and guidance through a redundancy process, we can assist you.
Here’s some of the important things we will advise you about when you need to handle a redundancy situation:
- Explore any and all other options before you start a redundancy process – this could be removing or reducing overtime, or limiting any temporary, casual staff, for example
- Keep records of the steps you have taken and have clear, unambiguous documentation and communication with staff
- Carry out meaningful consultation, before any decisions are made
- Ensure you apply non-discriminatory and fair selection criteria
- Ensure your workers’ statutory and contractual rights are respected
- Don’t forget the impact this has on the rest of the workforce
Statutory provisions concerning redundancies
There are no set rules for situations involving fewer than 20 redundancies, and each redundancy scenario will be different for every business, so this may lead to differences in the procedure. However, the guidance given by ACAS in handling redundancies is a key reference point for employment tribunals when considering claims for unfair dismissal.
We can assist you in working through those provisions, giving you a step-by-step process that includes other practical considerations, relevant to your business, to help you through this complex and challenging situation.
Large scale redundancies
In the event that you are proposing to make 20 or more positions redundant at a location within 90 days you must consult with a recognised trade union or (if there isn’t one) elected employee representatives. This is known as collective consultation and there are set rules you must follow, including ensuring that certain information is disclosed to them and when that has to be provided.
Please contact us if you require assistance in a collective consultation process.
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