Redundancy

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• Redundancy activity: the 2015 XpertHR survey

  Date:

  22 June 2015

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Latest XpertHR research on redundancy reveals ongoing job losses across the UK in 2014, with further redundancies expected in 2015 - particularly among large employers and in the public sector.

• Woolworths redundancy case: six years on and clarity at last?

  Date:

  14 May 2015

  Type:

  Law reports

  DLA Piper's latest case report examines the next steps in the recent Woolworths redundancy case at the ECJ, which examined the retail chain's failure to consult employees on their redundancies, and the implications of the decision for employers.

• Collective redundancy consultation: Spanish law cannot measure redundancies across whole "undertaking"

  Date:

  14 May 2015

  Type:

  Law reports

  In this Spanish reference, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has reiterated that national legislation that uses the "undertaking" and not the "establishment" as the sole reference unit in collective redundancy consultation triggers is contrary to the Collective Redundancies Directive.

• Collective redundancy consultation: retailer's Northern Ireland stores capable of constituting an "establishment"

  Date:

  14 May 2015

  Type:

  Law reports

  In this Northern Irish reference, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has held that each of a retailer's store is capable of constituting an "establishment" for redundancy consultation purposes.

• Policy on alternatives to redundancy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model policy to set out the alternatives to redundancy that your organisation may consider when a redundancy situation arises.

• Policy on selection for redundancy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model policy to set out your organisation's general principles on selecting employees for redundancy.

• Form providing advance notification to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of redundancies

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  The prescribed form to comply with your obligation to notify the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) where you propose to make 20 or more employees redundant.

• Letter notifying appropriate representatives that, as a result of voluntary redundancies, no compulsory redundancies are necessary

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter to notify appropriate representatives that, as a result of voluntary redundancies, no compulsory redundancies are necessary.

• Letter to affected employees inviting them to elect representatives for collective redundancy consultation purposes

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter to inform affected employees of the duties and obligations of elected employee representatives and the election process and invite them to elect representatives, where there are no trade union representatives for the purposes of collective redundancy consultation.

• Procedure for the election of employee representatives for informing and consulting with regard to collective redundancies

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model policy to set out the procedure for the election of employee representatives for collective redundancy consultation purposes.