Redundancy - Employment Law Advice
Here at Veritas Law we offer professional legal advice on Redundancy. We offer specialist legal advice on employment law and we have the expertise and experience to help resolve your problem.
If you feel that you have been unfairly treated in a redundancy situation, you may be able to make a claim for unfair dismissal.
When an employer decides to make members of the workforce redundant, they have to follow the proper procedures to ensure that the selection process is fair. There are a number of scenarios whereby redundancy can be unfair.
At Veritas Law we offer a free initial consultation and we also offer ‘No win – No fee’ for employees pursuing cases against their employers. Please contact us for more information.
What is Redundancy?
Typically there are two situations regarded as redundancy:
1. Closure of the entire business.
2. Reduction in the size of the workforce.
Selecting Employees for Redundancy
The selection criteria when choosing which employees to make redundant should not be based on unfair reasons, such as trade union membership, and it cannot be based on something subjective such as an employer disliking an employee.
Employers have to show that they have followed a fair selection process when deciding who to make redundant.
Alternative employment
When a position has been made redundant and an employee has been offered alternative employment, the employer has to be able to show that the new job has similar pay and conditions and skills. If an employee unreasonably refuses an offer of a suitable alternative job, the employer may be able to avoid paying them a redundancy payment.
If the new job is at a different location, the reasonable rejection of this type of offer will depend on a number of factors, including whether the employment contract has a mobility clause.
This is a complex area and specialist legal advice should always be sought at the earliest opportunity.
Making a claim for Unfair Dismissal by Redundancy
There are a number of possible situations where a claim can be brought. These can be due to the selection process being unfair or unlawful, because the correct procedures where not followed by the employer, failure to offer suitable alternative employment or the redundancy not being genuine.
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