Redundancy information and consultation

New and updated

• Redundancy rights

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect the increase in the maximum amount of a week's pay for calculating a statutory redundancy payment, effective from 6 April 2018.

• Letter formally notifying an employee that he or she has been selected for redundancy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include a reminder of the maximum amount of a week's pay for the purposes of calculating statutory redundancy pay, effective from 6 April 2018.

• Individual redundancies

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Updated to reflect the increase in the cap on a week's pay for the purposes of calculating redundancy pay, in force on 6 April 2018.

• Collective redundancies

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Updated to reflect the increase in the cap on a week's pay for the purposes of calculating redundancy pay, in force on 6 April 2018.

• Informing and consulting prior to redundancies

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Keeping Kids Company (in compulsory liquidation) v Smith and Others, in which the EAT considered when collective consultation begins, and the calculation of protective awards.

• EAT ruling on extent of redundancy consultation obligations

  Date:

  8 March 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Keeping Kids Company (in compulsory liquidation) v Smith and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled that events occurring after redundancy proposals did not excuse a charity's obligation to consult collectively, but could potentially be relied on to reduce the amount of the protective award.

• Pregnant workers can be included in collective redundancies, holds ECJ

  Date:

  23 February 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Guisado v Bankia SA and others, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that there is nothing in EU law to prevent a pregnant worker from being included in collective redundancies.

• Cases on appeal

  Date:

  1 January 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  Cases on appeal provides news on key case law developments that are expected.

• Collective redundancies do not always permit dismissal of pregnant workers, says Advocate General

  Date:

  21 September 2017

  Type:

  Law reports

  In this Spanish case, the Advocate General has suggested that a collective redundancy does not always qualify as an "exceptional case" permitting the dismissal of a pregnant worker.

• Court victory expands collective consultation rights, claims Unison

  Date:

  3 August 2017

  Type:

  News

  A Court of Appeal decision "makes it much harder for employers to ignore staff when making major changes in the workplace", Unison claims.