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Do I still have the right to a redundancy payment if I try a new role on a trial period but am then unhappy with it? If the terms of the new employment differ from the previous terms, the … Continue reading
Redundancy and the Over Sixty-Fives The default retirement age of 65 was abolished in the UK in 2011. Employers can only impose a compulsory retirement age on employees if it can be objectively justified as a genuine occupational requirement. Compulsory … Continue reading
Posted on September 04, 2017
Posted in: redundancy
Call 0207 118 0953 for Expert Legal Advice. Click for our Five Star Trustpilot Reviews Many, though by no means all employers, will offer enhanced severance payment if they have to make an employee redundant. Employees with over two years’ … Continue reading
When Redundancy can become Unfair Dismissal. Employers often go wrong when they’re selecting people for redundancy. Here are just some examples of how the process can go awry: Prejudging the outcome: The number one sin that many employers commit, is to … Continue reading
4 December 2015: Redundancy, Interviews & Reasonable Adjustments In a redundancy situation, many employers will put everyone at risk of redundancy, and then interview them all for the remaining positions, without considering earlier appraisals or performance assessments. This came up … Continue reading
10 June 2015: Sadly HSBC have announced it will be making in the region of 1,400 redundancies from head office and support staff before the end of the year. Chief executive Bill Dalton is reported to state that HSBC hopes … Continue reading
1 May 2015: Group Consultation for Redundancy: Where an employer proposes to make 20 or more redundancies at a particular establishment within a period of 90 days it must consult on its proposal with representatives of the affected employees. Consultation will … Continue reading
27 March 2015: Changes from the 6th April 2015: The following changes will take effect from the 6th April 2015: The National Minimum Wage will be: £6.50 ph for a worker who is aged 21 years or over (up from … Continue reading
16 January 2015: Redundancy arises when an employer’s business closes down, or stops in the place where the employee was employed. Alternatively it arises when there is a reduction in the need for the business for that particular kind of … Continue reading
16 January 2015: Redundancy arises when an employer’s business closes down, or stops in the place where the employee was employed. Alternatively it arises when there is a reduction in the need for the business for that particular kind of … Continue reading
21 November 2014: In the recent EAT case of Sefton Borough Council v Wainwright, Mrs Wainwright was put at risk of redundancy during her maternity leave, but not considered for alternative vacancies until several months later. Regulation 10 of … Continue reading
Posted on March 28, 2014
Posted in: employment
28.03.2014: When do enhanced redundancy payments become binding on the employer? In Park Cakes Ltd v Shumba in 2013, the Court of Appeal gave general guidance on when employees could rely on enhanced redundancy payments. The Court said that issues … Continue reading
Posted on February 28, 2014
Posted in: employment
Changes to Statutory Redundancy Payments: (last updated 15.04.2021) Employees being made redundant with over two years’ service are entitled to receive a redundancy payment which is calculated at a weeks’ gross pay to a maximum of £544 (£538 before 6 … Continue reading
Posted on October 18, 2013
Posted in: discrimination
18 October 2013: When making staff redundant, many employers will give enhanced redundancy payments based on length of service and age. For example the statutory redundancy payment allows staff 1.5 weeks’ pay for each full year worked over the age … Continue reading
Posted on September 20, 2013
Posted in: employment
20 September 2013: If someone is made redundant from their current position, the employer is under an obligation to consider them for suitable alternative positions that are available. If the employer is able to offer the person a suitable alternative … Continue reading
Posted on August 09, 2013
Posted in: employment
9 August 2013: Many employers will give enhanced payments on a discretionary basis when making staff redundant. However can employees gain the contractual right to those enhanced payments by custom and practice? That was the question asked in Park … Continue reading
9 June 2013: Unfortunately, its increasingly common for employees in London to be made redundant at some time or other during their career. Mostly people assume that redundancy applies in a traditional redundancy situation, when a business closes down, … Continue reading
19 April 2013 Ordinarily, if you are making staff redundant, you only need to carry out individual consultation. However if you are making more than 20 people redundant from a particular establishment in a 90 day period, you must … Continue reading
10 May 2013 Sometimes, as part of a reorganisation, an employer may want to re-grade staff, and reduce pay under the new grading structure. Employees can be understandably reluctant to agree. In Sandford v Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS … Continue reading
This is an example of one of our archived weekly email bulletins on employment law. It should not be relied upon without specific legal advice. To subscribe to our free weekly bulletin service, click on the button on the left. … Continue reading
An example of ‘bumping’ is when Jo Blogg’s position is redundant, but you ‘bump’ out John Smith from another job, make him redundant instead and slot Jo Bloggs into the position formerly occupied by John Smith. Another example is … Continue reading
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