Redundancy

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• Date:

  5 January 2020

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Managing redundancy: 2020 survey

  Our survey on redundancy and subsequent management of the process covers reasons for redundancy, selection criteria and levels of compensation provided.

• Date:

  1 November 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  End of year restructure? How to avoid a winter of discontent

  For many employers, the end of the year can signal a time for restructure rather than celebration. Helena Wheeler, senior lawyer at ESP Law, looks at what organisations need to consider to ensure their decisions don't lead them to an employment tribunal.

• Date:

  31 October 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  How to stop your workforce going under when business is close to collapse

  With the recent collapse of Thomas Cook and other established companies in financial difficulty, such as Pizza Express and Links of London, Barry Ross looks at the plight of the workforce when companies face going under and the role of HR.

• Type:

  FAQs

  How is the maximum amount of a week's pay set for the purposes of calculating statutory redundancy pay?

• Date:

  21 August 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Enhanced redundancy protection for pregnant employees and new parents: Overview for employers

  The Government is pressing ahead with plans to extend the period during which pregnant employees and new parents are entitled to be offered any suitable alternative vacancy if they are being made redundant. We look at how the law will change and the headaches that the amendments could cause for employers.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Where a redundancy will take effect before an employee goes on maternity leave are they entitled to be offered suitable alternative employment?

• Date:

  26 July 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  July 2019 employment law announcements: Key proposals for HR

  July 2019 saw progress made on an unusual number of proposed employment law changes. The Government published consultations covering workplace sexual harassment, statutory sick pay, family-friendly leave and pay, flexibility in working hours, modern slavery statements, and enforcement of worker rights. It also made announcements on changes to the laws on rehabilitation periods for offenders, settlement agreements, and protection against redundancy during pregnancy and maternity leave.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Procedure for the election of employee representatives (collective redundancy consultation)

  A model policy to set out the procedure for electing employee representatives in a collective redundancy situation.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Form for affected employees to nominate candidates for election as employee representatives (collective redundancy consultation)

  A model form for affected employees to nominate candidates for election as employee representatives in a collective redundancy situation.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter to notify successfully nominated individuals that they will stand for election as employee representatives (collective redundancy consultation)

  A model letter to notify successfully nominated individuals that they will stand as candidates for election as employee representatives in a collective redundancy situation.