Information and consultation

New and updated

• Type:

  How to

  How to consult collectively with a remote workforce during the coronavirus pandemic

  Updated to reflect that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been extended until 30 September 2021.

• Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Collective redundancies

  Updated to reflect the removal of the cap on public sector exit payments.

• Date:

  14 December 2020

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  Model redundancy policies and documents now cover remote consultation

  Our suite of model redundancy policies and documents has been updated to deal with the practical issue of consulting with a remote workforce.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter informing employee of proposed redundancies (collective redundancy consultation)

  Overhauled and enhanced to provide a more comprehensive letter in view of the increasing need to consider collective redundancies due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter informing trade union or employee representatives of proposed redundancies (collective redundancy consultation)

  Overhauled and enhanced to provide a more comprehensive letter in view of the increasing need to consider collective redundancies due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter inviting trade union or employee representatives to a consultation meeting (collective redundancy consultation)

  Overhauled and enhanced to provide a more comprehensive letter in view of the increasing need to consider collective redundancies due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter to trade union or employee representatives permitting access to employees (collective redundancy consultation)

  Overhauled and enhanced to provide a more comprehensive letter in view of the increasing need to consider collective redundancies due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Collective redundancy consultation

  Enhanced to include information on how the obligation to consult may be triggered where groups of redundancies are aggregated.

• Date:

  21 June 2020

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Managing your workforce out of lockdown webinar: Collective redundancy consultation - the process and pitfalls

  Many employers will be faced with the possibility of carrying out redundancies over the coming weeks and months. Employment lawyer Darren Newman navigates you through the law on carrying out a collective redundancy exercise.

• Date:

  2 June 2020

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Coronavirus and your workforce podcast: Consulting collectively with a remote workforce

  Nick Chronias, partner at DAC Beachcroft, guides you through the legal and practical considerations of running a collective consultation process with a remote workforce.