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Christmas Closure  – Our office will be closed from the 22nd of December at 12pm and will reopen on the 2nd of January at 9am

 

Alternative Roles in Redundancies

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Alternative Roles in Redundancies

When any business is struggling, for whatever reason and they are faced with having to consider redundancies, this is often not an easy decision to make and if it can be avoided most business will want to keep the necessary skills and people in the business.

It is important that any business considers alternatives before making any employee redundant and redundancy should be the last resort.

Employers have lots of options in the first instance and should take all reasonable steps to avoid compulsory redundancies by considering alternatives, for example:

  • Seeking applicants for voluntary redundancy and/or even early retirement

  • Seeking applications from existing staff to work flexibly

  • Reducing work hours and job share

  • Laying off casual or contract staff – provided that they are not fixed-term or part-time employees

  • Freezing recruitment

  • Reducing or banning overtime

  • Reduction or suspension of benefits

  • Allowing employees to take a sabbatical

Another good option is seeking ideas from the staff and this will need to be done anyway during the consultation process.

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