Redundancy information and consultation

New and updated

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Job Support Scheme (part-time working): Letter informing employee at risk of redundancy that their job is safe for now

  A model HR letter to inform an employee who was told that their job was at risk of redundancy because of the coronavirus crisis that their role is safe for now, following the Government's announcement of increased financial support for employers through the Job Support Scheme.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

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

  Updated to include information on the public-sector exit payment cap, which comes into force on 4 November 2020.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Redundancy

  Updated to include information on the public-sector exit payment cap, which comes into force on 4 November 2020.

• 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:

  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.

• 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:

  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.