Redundancy: resources round-up
Dealing with redundancy is a perennial issue for many employers. We have a comprehensive range of resources on XpertHR to help employers manage redundancies. Here we round up some of our most popular resources on redundancy, including FAQs, "how to" guides, model policies and documents, and line manager briefings.
FAQs
- What should the employer and employee discuss at an individual redundancy consultation meeting?
- In a collective redundancy situation, what should the workforce be consulted about?
- What should an employer do if an employee at risk of redundancy goes off sick during the consultation process?
- In a redundancy situation, how should an employer select which employees to make redundant?
- In a redundancy situation, what obligations does an employer have with regard to offering suitable alternative employment?
- What is a bumped redundancy?
- How is redundancy pay calculated under the Employment Rights Act 1996?
- Should regular overtime be taken into account when calculating weekly earnings for redundancy pay purposes?
More FAQs relating to redundancy
How to
- How to decide which employees to include in a redundancy pool
- How to choose and apply redundancy selection criteria
- How to consult on an individual basis during a redundancy exercise
- How to consider offers of suitable alternative work for redundant employees
- How to deal with pregnant employees and those on maternity leave in a redundancy situation
- How to manage voluntary redundancies
More "how to" guides relating to redundancy
Policies and documents
- Redundancy policy
- Letter informing employee of proposed redundancies (individual consultation)
- Redundancy selection matrix
- Letter inviting employee to second meeting to discuss their provisional selection for redundancy (individual consultation)
- Letter giving employee notice of dismissal for redundancy
- Letter offering a trial period of alternative employment to a redundant employee
- Letter setting out an employee's entitlement to a redundancy payment
More policies and documents relating to redundancy
Employment law manual
Line manager briefings
Good practice guides
- Supporting employees following redundancy: Why assist exiting employees?
- Managing the information and consultation process during a collective redundancy
- Supporting redundancy survivors: Survivor syndrome
Survey analysis
- Redundancy activity: the 2015 XpertHR survey
- Redundancy policies and procedures: the 2015 XpertHR survey
Benchmarking
Liveflo
- Redundancy: Conduct a redundancy process
- Redundancy: Conduct an election for employee representatives for collective redundancy consultation
Quick reference
- Automatically unfair reasons for selection for redundancy
- Relevant date for the purposes of redundancy
- Calculation of a week's pay
- Statutory redundancy payments ready reckoner
- Enhanced redundancy payments
More quick reference facts relating to redundancy