Redundancy

New and updated

• Date:

  4 August 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Can remote redundancy conversations be sensitive and fair?

  With job losses continuing to hit the headlines, many employers are wrestling with the practical issues involving redundancy consultations, and how to conduct these in a sensitive way despite restrictions. Stuart Duff looks at the role of video in difficult conversations.

• Type:

  How to

  How to carry out redundancies when employees have been furloughed

  Updated to refer to new Regulations providing that the calculation of a week's pay for the purpose of statutory notice pay and statutory redundancy pay should be based on the employees' normal full pay, not reduced furlough pay.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Is an employee entitled to their normal full pay during the notice period if they are made redundant while on furlough?

• Type:

  Calculators

  Statutory redundancy pay calculator

  An up-to-date, accurate statutory redundancy pay calculator. Use this calculator to calculate statutory redundancy pay or enhanced redundancy payments for schemes mirroring the statutory redundancy pay scheme.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Furloughed employees entitled to statutory notice and redundancy payments based on normal pay

  New Regulations set out how employers must calculate a week's pay in relation to certain statutory termination payments paid to employees furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).

• Date:

  30 July 2020

  Type:

  News

  Furloughed employees must receive redundancy in full

  Furloughed employees will be entitled to redundancy pay based on their normal wages, not their furlough rate, from tomorrow (31 July).

• 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.