Redundancy Law and Process - E-Learning
Course content
- Legal definition of redundancy and what it means in practice
- Voluntary redundancy and bumping
- Overview of a redundancy process (including the obligation to carry out statutory collective consultation and Form HR1 notification)
- Statutory collective consultation and appropriate employee representatives
- Redundancy selection criteria and associated risks
- Statutory redundancy payments and other relevant payments
- Employees’ rights in relation to redundancy (e.g. rights to trial periods and alternative employment)
- Redundancy risks and liabilities
Career progression
By completing this course delegates will:
- Understand the legal definition of redundancy and what amounts to a genuine redundancy situation in practice
- Gain a step-by-step overview of a redundancy process
- Recognise when the rules on statutory collective consultation can be triggered
- Be able to identify who can be an employee representative for the purposes of collective consultation
- Understand the level of risk associated with different types of selection criteria
- Calculate basic statutory redundancy payments and understand when employees may be eligible to receive these payments
- Be able to summarise employees’ rights in relation to redundancy
- Be aware of the legal risks associated with redundancy and a failure to comply with statutory collective consultation requirements