Redundancy: the options

Introduction

If you have to make employees redundant you must follow a fair redundancy dismissal procedure and consult the affected employees and their representatives. This guide offers a detailed overview of the redundancy process. It includes:

• obligations to consult employees and their representatives
• lay-offs and short-time working
• statutory payments
• avoiding redundancy 
• compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy 
  

Subjects covered in this guide

• Introduction
• What is redundancy?
• Lay-offs
• Short-time working
• Redundancy selection - non compulsory
• Redundancy selection - compulsory
• The redundancy consultation process
• Rights of redundant employees
• Help for redundant employees
• Potential problems following redundancy
• Avoiding redundancies
• Here's how we planned ahead to avoid making redundancies

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