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- Type:
- Letters and forms
Use this model form to comply with the obligation to provide advance notification to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) of a proposal to dismiss as redundant 20 or more employees at one establishment within a period of 90 days or less.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model letter to start consultation with employee representatives on a proposed variation to employees' terms and conditions of employment.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model letter to inform affected employees about a proposal to change contract terms where the change affects 20 or more employees. This letter can also be used to start the process for electing employee representatives for the purposes of collective consultation, where there are no appropriate existing representatives.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model letter to notify appropriate representatives of a proposed change to employees' contracts of employment, where the change affects 20 or more employees.
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- Date:
- 8 March 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Keeping Kids Company (in compulsory liquidation) v Smith and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled that events occurring after redundancy proposals did not excuse a charity's obligation to consult collectively, but could potentially be relied on to reduce the amount of the protective award.
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- Date:
- 23 February 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Guisado v Bankia SA and others, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that there is nothing in EU law to prevent a pregnant worker from being included in collective redundancies.
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- Date:
- 2 August 2017
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Court of Appeal has held that the legislative provision that excludes park police constables from enjoying collective consultation rights is in breach of their, and their union's, art.11 rights under the European Convention on Human Rights.
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- Date:
- 26 November 2015
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has directed that a constructive dismissal resulting from the employer unilaterally reducing the employee's pay must be treated as a redundancy for the purposes of calculating when an employer's information and consultation obligations apply under the Collective Redundancies Directive.
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- Date:
- 18 November 2015
- Type:
- Employment law cases
A Northern Ireland tribunal has awarded protective awards of 90 days' pay to former City Link employees over the company's failure to consult on their redundancies.
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- Date:
- 22 October 2015
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Supreme Court has held that the US Government had collective redundancy consultation obligations towards civilian workers during the closure of a US army base in the UK.