Current challenging economic conditions mean that many employers are being forced to consider ways of reducing overheads, and in particular their wage bill. Redundancies often result.
However, the law is very prescriptive about what constitutes a redundancy situation and redundancy advice is important to both employers and employees to ensure that there is both a fair redundancy dismissal and that the process meets legal requirements, avoiding discrimination.
Our Employment team has extensive experience advising on redundancy situations and can offer advice and support to employers and employees:
Employers
For employers we can help ensure that redundancy process is
fair and legally correct. If you make staff redundant without
following proper procedures for consultation, considering
alternative jobs and making redundancy payments, you could
be taken to the employment tribunal and suffer the financial
penalty, not only in compensation, but in legal costs.
Advice from the beginning of the process can help smooth the
way in what is always a delicate situation and minimise the
chances of a successful claim being made against your company
or organisation.
Our employment lawyers advise clients on:
Employees
For employees we offer advice on redundancy employment rights
where you believe you have been treated unfairly or discriminated
against, or where the correct procedures have not been followed,
for example through failing to give the correct notice period,
or failing to consult adequately.
If you would like to discuss the law in relation to redundancy, please contact either Hywel Griffiths, Ross Strowger or Annalie Detchon.
