Redundancy

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• Type:

  FAQs

  What is the difference between a lay-off and a redundancy?

• Date:

  19 March 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  April 2020 employment law changes: Eight tasks for HR

  Each April, HR professionals must ensure that their organisation complies with the latest round of amended employment laws and deadlines. As well as dealing with the ongoing impact of coronavirus (Covid-19), important issues for HR in April 2020 include changes to written statements of terms and conditions, the introduction of parental bereavement leave and pay, and changes to the law on calculating holiday pay for workers with irregular hours.

• Date:

  19 March 2020

  Type:

  News

  Consider support before making redundancies, says Bank of England boss

  Organisations thinking of dismissing staff due to closure or a downturn in business because of the coronavirus should first consider the support the Government and financial institutions have offered them, the governor of the Bank of England has urged.

• 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:

  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?

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter to affected employees initiating process for electing employee representatives (collective redundancy consultation)

  A model letter to start the process for electing employee representatives to inform and consult in a collective redundancy situation.

• 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.