Redundancy

New and updated

• Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Collective redundancies

  Updated to provide guidance for line managers on the implications of making redundancies during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Date:

  22 June 2020

  Type:

  Law reports

  Redundancy: Requirement to apply for equivalent jobs was unfair

  In Gwynedd Council v Barratt and another, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the dismissal of two teachers who were required to apply for their own jobs following a reorganisation was unfair.

• 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.

• Type:

  How to

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

  Practical guidance on carrying out collective redundancy consultation with a remote workforce, when employees are on furlough or working from home during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, including electing employee representatives and conducting the consultation process.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Redundancy selection matrix

  Overhauled to provide a more comprehensive redundancy selection matrix in view of the increasing need to consider redundancies due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Date:

  12 June 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Survivor's guilt: Supporting staff who have avoided redundancy

  With mass redundancies expected over the coming months, it's easy to focus on supporting those losing their jobs. But "survivors" also need reassuring that their job is safe and the process was conducted fairly. Jamie Mackenzie offers some tips for HR.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Unfair dismissal

  Updated to reflect the Government’s announcement that it has "no plans" to introduce emergency volunteering leave.

• 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.

• Date:

  2 June 2020

  Type:

  News

  Warnings issued over using furlough pay to calculate redundancy pay outs

  Employers could be unwittingly breaking the law by calculating redundancy payouts based on furlough pay, rather than an employees' full salary, employment law specialists have indicated.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employee claim a statutory redundancy payment if they have been furloughed for four or more weeks?