Redundancy

New and updated

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  Employment law guide

  Redundancy: key differences in Scotland and Northern Ireland

  Updated to reflect proposed reforms to redundancy protections and collective redundancy obligations under the "Good Jobs" Employment Rights Bill consultation in Northern Ireland. 

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  Editor's choice

  Coming soon

  Updated to give details on how to register for our upcoming webinar on harassment in the workplace. 

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  Employment law guide

  Collective redundancy consultation: duty to consult

  This guide summarises the process that employers must follow to fulfil their legal obligation to consult on collective redundancies. The duty to consult collectively is triggered where an employer proposes to dismiss as redundant 20 or more employees at one establishment within a period of 90 days or less.

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  Training

  Individual redundancies - line manager training

  Updated to reflect that the right to be offered a suitable available vacancy is extended to employees taking neonatal care leave, from 6 April 2025.

• Type:

  Training

  Collective redundancies - line manager training

  Updated to reflect that the right to be offered a suitable available vacancy is extended to employees taking neonatal care leave, from 6 April 2025.

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  How to

  How to deal with pregnant employees and those on maternity leave in a redundancy situation

  Updated to reflect that the right to be offered a suitable available vacancy is extended to employees taking neonatal care leave, from 6 April 2025.

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  How to

  How to consider offers of suitable alternative work for redundant employees

  Updated to reflect that the right to be offered a suitable available vacancy extends to employees taking neonatal care leave, from 6 April 2025.

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  Quick reference

  Compensation - pay and statutory payments

  Updated to take into account the increase in the cap on a week's pay with effect from 6 April 2025.

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  Quick reference

  Enhanced redundancy payments

  Updated to reflect the increase in the cap on a week's pay with effect from 6 April 2025.

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  Quick reference

  Statutory redundancy payments ready reckoner

  Updated to reflect the increase in the cap on a week's pay with effect from 6 April 2025.