You need an employee to take over a new job. If it doesn’t work out and the job folds must they be offered their old position back?
Published 13.12.2006
Employees who are selected for redundancy must be offered any suitable alternative employment that’s available in your business. Does this include casual work which you have too?
Published 19.11.2020
Implementing a redundancy programme is complex and a fair procedure must always be followed. What’s the extent of your duty to give information to the employee during the consultation procedure?
Published 20.09.2007
If an employee is put at risk of redundancy, you have a duty to look for suitable alternative positions for them. But are you obliged to “bump” another employee out of their role job and give it to
the employee who is at risk of redundancy?
Published 20.04.2018
You’ve informally advised an employee that there’s a risk of redundancy at some point in the future, although this is by no means certain. Could it give them grounds to launch a constructive
dismissal claim?
Published 07.03.2012
By law, you must offer any suitable alternative employment that you have available to a redundant employee. But what happens if the redundant employee refuses to accept the role that’s been offered
to them?
Published 01.06.2017
As part of a fair redundancy procedure, you have to explore alternative employment. So what’s involved in offering an alternative job and what are the implications if the employee either says “yes
please” or “no thanks”?
Published 30.05.2008
Your accountant has advised you to make some cost savings. Inevitably this will mean redundancies. One short-service employee has already said he’d be prepared to cut his hours instead. Must you
agree?
Published 30.06.2005
You have to move into new offices because your current lease is coming to an end. Everyone’s jobs will still be available but of course they’ll be at the new premises. What’s the legal position on
this?
Published 10.02.2005
In May 2021 the tribunal found that an employer had unfairly dismissed an employee because it “did not do enough” to help him find a new job internally during a redundancy process. What assistance
should you provide?
Published 25.05.2021