If you’re in the position of having to make an employee redundant, it’s likely that you’ll identify the most suitable candidate and proceed. But is this safe? Could there be another stage to consider
first?
Published 03.11.2005
You need to reduce the headcount across your business and redundancies are on the cards. To help you determine who stays and who goes, can you ask staff to attend competitive interviews as part of
your redundancy selection process?
Published 04.03.2021
An employee who is under notice of redundancy was considered “unsuitable” for a newly created job role. During their notice period, the new appointee resigns. Must you give the redundant one the now
vacant post?
Published 17.10.2012
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
An employee who is absent on long-term sick leave has been provisionally selected for redundancy. Can you make this particular employee redundant or is he untouchable?
Published 15.09.2015
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employee’s redundancy dismissal was unfair because her employer hadn’t considered whether she should be placed in a wider selection pool. What did the
employer do wrong here?
Published 06.03.2024
In a recent case the employer ignored an employee who had volunteered for redundancy and made another person compulsorily redundant instead. Its decision was ruled to be unfair. Does that mean you
must always accept volunteers?
Published 11.02.2014
You need to make a position redundant but there’s more than one potential candidate. So how do you go about ensuring that the selection you ultimately make is a fair one?
Published 06.03.2008
An employee has been selected for redundancy, properly consulted and told about their individual selection score. But do they have the right to see the actual details behind that score?
Published 07.11.2011
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