Redundancy

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• Date:

  8 December 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  The 10 most important employment law cases in 2021

  Despite the coronavirus pandemic, HR professionals have had their fair share of employment law rulings to keep track of in 2021. We count down the 10 most important judgments of the year that every employer should know about.

• Date:

  3 December 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Employment law in 2022: Eight action points for HR

  As well as continuing to deal with workplace issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic, there will be many other important employment law developments for HR to grapple with in 2022. What does HR need to do to meet its obligations and prepare for the coming year?

• Date:

  19 November 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  COVID-related employment cases: 10 key lessons for employers

  Employment tribunals have been deciding coronavirus-related cases throughout 2021. We set out 10 key first-instance rulings related to the pandemic and highlight what lessons employers can learn from them.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Furlough scheme and unfair dismissal: Employment tribunal round-up

  We look at four employment tribunal cases in which the claimants argued that their employer's failure to make better use of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme rendered their dismissal unfair.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Must employers give employees the right to appeal against a decision to make them redundant?

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Pregnancy and maternity discrimination during COVID-19: Employment tribunal round-up

  We round up four recent employment tribunal decisions where employers' actions have resulted in pregnancy and maternity discrimination claims and provide practical tips on how to reduce the risks of similar claims.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Redundancy: Absence of appeal is not determinative of fairness of dismissal

  In Gwynedd Council v Barratt and another, the Court of Appeal held that the absence of an appeal in a redundancy process is one of many factors in determining the fairness of the dismissal.

• Date:

  8 July 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Managing redundancy exercises effectively and with empathy

  Rochelle Murinas joins us to talk about the people skills required to manage redundancy exercises effectively and empathetically, while minimising the impact on all those involved.

• Type:

  Training

  Collective redundancies quiz - line manager training

  A quiz for line managers to test their knowledge on the law and practice relating to collective redundancies.

• Date:

  9 March 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  April 2021 employment law changes: Five things for HR to do

  While continuing to deal with the impact of coronavirus, HR professionals must ensure that their organisation complies with the usual raft of April employment law changes. In April 2021, these changes include the extension of IR35 reforms to the private sector, a tweak to the national minimum wage age bands, and increases to statutory redundancy pay and statutory maternity pay.