Redundancy

New and updated

• 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.

• Date:

  27 July 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  How does the Government plan to cap public-sector exit payments?

  The Government has published its response to the April 2019 consultation on capping public-sector exit payments at £95,000. We look at the detail of the proposals and how they could affect redundancies and reorganisations in the public sector.

• Type:

  Consultations

  Consultation on implementation of £95,000 cap on exit payments for public-sector workers

  Updated to include a reference to the government's response to the consultation on public-sector exit payments.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Lay-off and short-time working

  Updated to include additional information on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Does placing employees on furlough prevent the employer from making them redundant?

• Date:

  10 July 2020

  Type:

  News

  MP's bid to protect women from unfair redundancy over first hurdle

  A new bill was reintroduced in parliament this week that aims to give pregnant women and new mothers added legal protections against redundancy.

• Type:

  How to

  How to consider alternatives to redundancy during the coronavirus crisis

  Updated to reflect the Government's announcement on 8 July 2020 about the Job Retention Bonus.

• 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.

• Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Individual redundancies

  Updated to provide guidance for line managers on the implications of making redundancies during the coronavirus pandemic.