Collective redundancies: EAT excludes non-renewal of fixed-term contracts from consultation calculation

We round up what caught Tribunal Watch's eye on Twitter in the week beginning 13 February 2012, including the controversial Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision in University of Stirling v University and College Union EATS/0001/11 (on the BAILII website) suggesting that, when deciding how many employees have been made redundant for collective redundancy consultation purposes, fixed-term employees whose contracts are to expire on the intended date, but not renewed, are not counted.