A complete guide to handling redundancies for employers
Our guide for employers includes tips for handling a redundancy process. The process you need to follow depends on how many redundancies you need to make.
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How to keep your team motivated after redundancies at work
When a redundancy process has taken place in any organisation, it’s likely that all employees will be affected by it, regardless of whether the redundancy situation impacted them directly or not. Typically, greater attention is placed upon managing employees who are selected for redundancy however, it’s often the case that less focus is placed upon … Read more
Engineered redundancy situation in Williams v Lyons Holiday Park
In SJ Williams (Williams) v Lyons Holiday Park Ltd (Lyons), the claimant was unfairly dismissed after the employer ‘engineered a so-called redundancy situation’, due to concerns about her performance, capability and relationships with colleagues.
COVID-19: How to carry out a remote collective redundancy consultation
What should employers consider when undertaking remote collective redundancy consultation in the context of the coronavirus? Here are our practical HR tips.
The Government’s Plan for Jobs – a HR perspective
The government’s Plan for Jobs includes a number of schemes that will be of interest to employers. Find out about the schemes.
Are restrictive covenants enforceable?
The issue of a restrictive covenant that resulted in a claim for damages by a former employer, which was then challenged by the ex-employee in question, is the subject of a recent case summarised in Daniel Barnett’s Employment Law Bulletin. The restrictive covenant stipulated that the ex-employee was prohibited from approaching his former employer’s customers … Read more
Staff Restructuring in Schools: the Change Curve
Having dealt with dozens of school restructures and redundancies, we’re often asked at FitzgeraldHR what we’ve found to be the most useful bit of advice for the members of the Senior Leadership Team that find themselves managing the process. Of course, there are legal considerations to take account of and that’s why they should always … Read more
