Updated to reflect that the protected period in which an employee must be offered a suitable available vacancy extends to pregnant employees and those returning from family leave, from 6 April 2024.
Updated to reflect that the Maternity Leave, Adoption Leave and Shared Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024, which will extend redundancy protection to employees returning from adoption leave, are in force from 6 April 2024.
Updated to reflect the EAT's decision in Omar v Epping Forest District Citizens Advice, which confirmed that the relevant question for heat-of-the-moment resignations is whether the employee genuinely intended to resign.