How to Manage a Consultation Process during Redundancy

During redundancy consultation, it is good practice to consult, negotiate and agree on the following issues in addition to the statutory regulations:

• the effect on earnings where a lower alternative job is accepted

• how the selection will be applied, for example will it be appropriate for selection to operate across the organisation as a whole or on a departmental basis?

• the arrangements for travel or relocation expenses if jobs are to be relocated

• whether or not redundant employees can leave during the notice period without losing any entitlement to redundancy pay any extension to the length of the statutory trial period in a new job.

Communication to impacted people:

• Letter informing union or employee representatives of the proposed redundancies as part of the collective consultation process

• Letter informing an employee of possible redundancy as part of the individual consultation process

• Letter to the wider workforce informing them of a potential redundancy situation.

Contact Include-HR today on managing your redundancy process as smoothly as possible.