Collective redundancies - information to be communicated to representatives

Under s.188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (TULR(C)A), where an employer is proposing to dismiss as redundant 20 or more employees at one establishment within a period of 90 days or less it must disclose certain information to appropriate representatives. The information that must be supplied is set out below. 

Employers can use the XpertHR model letter informing union or employee representatives of proposed redundancies to disclose the required information to representatives. Where after the affected employees have been invited to elect representatives they have failed to do so within a reasonable time, the information should be given to each affected employee. The XpertHR line manager briefing on collective redundancies includes further information on how to disclose this information to comply with s.188 of TULR(C)A and on the employer's obligation to consult representatives with a view to reaching agreement about ways of avoiding the dismissals, reducing the number of employees to be dismissed and mitigating the consequences of dismissal.