Strategic decision to close school unless pupil numbers improved triggered collective redundancy consultation obligations
E Ivor Hughes Educational Foundation v Morris and others [2015] IRLR 696 EAT
redundancy | collective consultation | protective award
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that a school's obligation to consult on collective redundancies arose when a provisional decision was made in February 2013 that the school would close unless pupil intake improved by April 2013.