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 issued redundancy notices to a couple of members of staff. However, you’ve just landed a lucrative order and no longer need to make anyone redundant. Can you simply withdraw the redundancy
notices?
Published 07.09.2006
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
Suppose that you’re considering making some redundancies. One of your employees is currently on maternity leave and you’ve been told that she can’t be included in the selection pool as a result. Is
this correct?
Published 09.02.2012
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
An employee’s been provisionally selected for redundancy. You know that you’re obliged to offer him suitable alternative employment. Does this extend to providing full salary details about the new
position?
Published 25.08.2005
Last year, you made an experienced employee’s position redundant. As you now require that role again it makes sense to re-employ them. Is this possible and, if so, what do you need to know before
taking this step?
Published 03.11.2010
Having exhausted all other options, you need to make some redundancies. Where an employee is selected for redundancy, must you offer them a right of appeal against your decision?
Published 27.08.2020
Having made some redundancies a few months ago, things have picked up rapidly and you now need more staff. However, a colleague insists that nobody can be recruited for six months following a
redundancy exercise. Is this correct?
Published 25.04.2023