Redundancy information and consultation

New and updated

• Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Individual redundancies

  Enhanced throughout to add practical guidance for line managers on the soft skills needed to manage a redundancy process.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Redundancy

  Updated to include information on Aramark v Fernandes, in which the EAT considered if the failure to put a redundant employee on a bank list was unfair.

• Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Collective redundancies

  Updated to reflect the removal of the cap on public sector exit payments.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter confirming employee's dismissal for redundancy (individual consultation)

  Updated to reflect that the public-sector exit payments cap is removed with immediate effect.

• Type:

  How to

  How to carry out redundancies when employees have been furloughed

  Updated to reflect that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been extended until 30 April 2021.

• Type:

  How to

  How to consult collectively with a remote workforce during the coronavirus pandemic

  Updated to reflect that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been extended until 30 April 2021.

• Date:

  14 December 2020

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  Model redundancy policies and documents now cover remote consultation

  Our suite of model redundancy policies and documents has been updated to deal with the practical issue of consulting with a remote workforce.

• Date:

  4 August 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Can remote redundancy conversations be sensitive and fair?

  With job losses continuing to hit the headlines, many employers are wrestling with the practical issues involving redundancy consultations, and how to conduct these in a sensitive way despite restrictions. Stuart Duff looks at the role of video in difficult conversations.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter informing employee of proposed redundancies (collective redundancy consultation)

  Overhauled and enhanced to provide a more comprehensive letter in view of the increasing need to consider collective redundancies due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter informing trade union or employee representatives of proposed redundancies (collective redundancy consultation)

  Overhauled and enhanced to provide a more comprehensive letter in view of the increasing need to consider collective redundancies due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.