Redundancy

New and updated

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter notifying staff of recruitment freeze because of coronavirus pandemic

  A model HR letter to notify employees of a freeze on recruitment because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

• Date:

  24 April 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Coronavirus: Collective redundancy consultation and the special circumstances defence

  With many employers potentially having to make redundancies as a result of the coronavirus crisis, consultant editor Darren Newman considers the likelihood of the "special circumstances" defence applying if they fail to comply with their collective consultation obligations.

• Date:

  24 April 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Redundancy consultation: Preparations for the end of the coronavirus furlough scheme

  Although the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme currently offers a short-term alternative to redundancies, when it comes to an end there is no doubt that many organisations will have no alternative but to make some of their workforce redundant. This raises the question for HR of how the redundancy consultation obligations run alongside this period of furlough. Consultant editor Darren Newman examines the issues.

• Type:

  Statutory rates

  Statutory redundancy pay

  Updated to include the new maximum pay rate for calculating statutory redundancy pay, in force from 6 April 2020.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Statutory redundancy payments ready reckoner

  Updated to reflect an increase in the cap on a week's pay, with effect from 6 April 2020.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Compensation - pay and statutory payments

  Updated to take into account an increase in the cap on a week's pay, with effect from 6 April 2020.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Enhanced redundancy payments

  Updated to reflect an increase in the cap on a week's pay, with effect from 6 April 2020.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Redundancy policy

  Overhauled and enhanced to provide a more comprehensive redundancy policy for employers and HR professionals.

• Type:

  Tasks

  Access the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Letter informing employee at risk of redundancy that their job is safe for now

  A model HR letter to inform an employee who was told that their job was at risk of redundancy because of the coronavirus crisis that their role is safe for now, following the Government's announcement that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will remain open until 30 April 2021.