End of employment

New and updated

• Type:

  FAQs

  How is statutory redundancy pay calculated?

  Updated to include links to the redundancy pay calculator and practical examples of calculating a statutory redundancy payment.

• Date:

  22 April 2024

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  When a working relationship breaks down: Action points for employers

  Part-time employment judge Tina Elliott looks at how to achieve a fair dismissal when a working relationship breaks down.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Flexible working: Employment tribunal round-up

  We look at four recent employment cases brought over the mishandling of flexible working requests, including two where the tribunal found the employee had been constructively dismissed.

• Type:

  Training

  Individual redundancies quiz - line manager training

  Updated to reflect the increase in the cap on a week's pay for the purposes of calculating redundancy pay, in force from 6 April 2024. 

• Type:

  FAQs

  What should an employer do if an older employee requests to change their working pattern in preparation for retirement?

  Updated to reflect changes to the right to request flexible working in place from 6 April 2024, including a requirement to consult with the employee.

• Type:

  How to

  How to consult on an individual basis during a redundancy exercise

  Updated to reflect that the right to be offered suitable alternative employment is extended to pregnant employees and employees returning from maternity leave from 6 April 2024.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Does an employee made redundant while on shared parental leave have any special rights?

  Updated to reflect that legislation is in force from 6 April 2024 extending the right to be offered suitable alternative employment to employees returning from shared parental leave, in some circumstances.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Does an employee made redundant while on maternity leave have any special rights?

  Updated to reflect the extension of the protected period to cover pregnant employees and those returning from family leave from 6 April 2024.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Does an employee who is made redundant while on adoption leave have any special rights?

  Updated to reflect that the right to be offered suitable alternative employment extends to employees who have recently returned from adoption leave, from 6 April 2024.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Where a redundancy will take effect before an employee goes on maternity leave are they entitled to be offered suitable alternative employment?

  Updated to reflect that the right to be offered suitable alternative employment extends to pregnant employees from 6 April 2024.