Redundancy Policy

The Redundancy Policy is fully compliant with current best practice and the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Employment Rights Act 1996.

This Redundancy Policy sets out clear procedures that the employer will follow, both for collective redundancy and individual redundancies, which will help to ensure that all redundancy dismissals are considered and handled fairly, giving those employees who are affected by a proposed redundancy full opportunity to make representations.

The policy covers the key aspects of a redundancy process, including preparing the business case, consultation procedures, the selection process, redeployment and redundancy payments.

In respect of redeployment, employers should be aware that employees who are identified as being at risk of redundancy who are pregnant, or on maternity leave, adoption leave, shared parental leave or neonatal care leave are entitled to be offered any suitable alternative roles within the Company, and given first refusal over other affected employees.

This Redundancy Policy includes the following sections:

1. Introduction

2. Aims of the Policy

3. Consultation Process

4. Avoiding or Minimising Redundancies

5. Voluntary Redundancy

6. Selection Criteria

7. Redeployment

8. Dismissal Procedure

9. Appeals

10. Redundancy Payments

11. Notice and Termination of Employment

12. Data Protection

13. Further Support

Optional phrases / clauses are enclosed in square brackets. These should be read carefully and selected so as to be compatible with one another. Unused options should be removed from the document.

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