Redundancy information and consultation

New and updated

• Type:

  How to

  How to carry out redundancies when employees have been furloughed

  Updated to refer to new Regulations providing that the calculation of a week's pay for the purpose of statutory notice pay and statutory redundancy pay should be based on the employees' normal full pay, not reduced furlough pay.

• 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:

  Employment law manual

  Redundancy

  Updated to reflect legislation on the calculation of statutory redundancy pay for furloughed employees, which came into force on 31 July 2020.

• 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.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter inviting trade union or employee representatives to a consultation meeting (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 to trade union or employee representatives permitting access to employees (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 an 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:

  Employment law manual

  Collective redundancy consultation

  Enhanced to include information on how the obligation to consult may be triggered where groups of redundancies are aggregated.

• Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Individual redundancies

  Updated to provide guidance for line managers on the implications of making redundancies during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Collective redundancies

  Updated to provide guidance for line managers on the implications of making redundancies during the coronavirus pandemic.