Alternative employment for redundant employees

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• Date:

  27 September 2023

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Employment law changes 2023: Progress report for HR

  As we plunge into autumn, HR professionals could be forgiven for losing track of all the forthcoming employment law changes and what they mean for their organisation. To assist HR with planning for the rest of the year and beyond, we round up the major employment law changes in the pipeline as of September 2023.

• Date:

  1 July 2022

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Employment law changes 2022: Mid-year progress report for HR

  As we reach the midpoint of 2022, HR professionals would be forgiven for losing track of all the live employment law proposals and what they mean for their organisation. To assist HR with planning for the rest of the year and beyond, we round up the major employment law changes in the pipeline as of mid-2022.

• Date:

  5 October 2021

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Pregnancy and maternity discrimination: Employment tribunal round-up

  We round up four recent employment tribunal decisions where employers' actions have resulted in pregnancy and maternity discrimination claims and provide practical tips on how to reduce the risks of similar claims.

• Date:

  1 December 2020

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Redundancy and alternative employment: £50,121 for pregnant employee denied Middle East opportunity

  In Taylor-Hamieh v The Ritz Hotel Casino Ltd, an employment tribunal held that a redundancy exercise that effectively ruled a pregnant employee out of an available role in the Middle East was discriminatory. The tribunal's £50,121 award included £25,000 for injury to feelings.

• Date:

  28 September 2020

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Redundancy: Failure to put redundant employee on bank list was not unfair

  In Aramark (UK) Ltd v Fernandes, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the employer's failure to put a redundant employee on a list of bank workers was not unreasonable, within the meaning of s.98(4) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

• Date:

  21 August 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  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:

  23 November 2018

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Redundancy: Failure to fulfil contractual obligation to offer trial period for alternative role

  In George v London Borough of Brent, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the employer's failure to comply with a contractual obligation to offer a redundant employee a trial period for a possible alternative role was likely to render the dismissal unfair.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter offering suitable alternative employment to employee on notice of redundancy

  A model letter to offer suitable alternative employment to an employee who has been given notice of redundancy.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter reminding employee on notice of redundancy to respond to offer of suitable alternative employment

  A model letter to remind an employee, who has been given notice of redundancy, to respond to an offer of suitable alternative employment.