Whether your business is downsizing, rightsizing or restructuring, employers need specialist advice to avoid disputes later on.
Employers often make the mistake of believing that employees who may not qualify for a statutory redundancy payment cannot bring a claim for unfair dismissal. This is not the case and an employee selected for redundancy may still bring a claim for unfair dismissal if the reason he or she is selected amounts to discrimination, or falls foul of any one of a number of further protected characteristics.
We can help you steer through the difficult course of reducing numbers and we have a number of documents and checklists which we can tailor to fit your exact needs.