Being told your role is at risk of redundancy will be an incredibly unnerving and stressful for you. Naturally, you will be concerned about your future, your next steps in your career and the impact on your financial position.
Our Employment Law Solicitors can advise you as to your rights, particularly if you feel your employer has not followed a fair redundancy procedure. There are strict rules relating to redundancy that your employer is required to follow under legislation, including keeping employees informed and consulted, and you have certain rights as an employee in this situation.
Employee rights in redundancy
As an employee, you are entitled to certain redundancy rights during the process, including but not limited to:
- You should be informed and consulted throughout the process
- You should not be discriminated against during proceedings or be chosen for redundancy due to one of the nine protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010
- You should not be selected for redundancy based on other specific grounds, such as pregnancy, whistleblowing or any other statutory right.
Before resorting to compulsory redundancies, your employer is required to consider other alternatives to redundancy, which may lead to them offering voluntary redundancy, early retirement or finding employees a different role within the business.
Depending on the number of employees being made redundant, your employer may be required to follow a process known as collective redundancy, which comes with additional legislation and responsibilities on their behalf.
Contact our Redundancy Solicitors
If you have been notified that you are at risk of redundancy, or you believe it is unfair redundancy, contact our Redundancy Solicitors today. We can advise about your rights, how to proceed and whether you may have grounds for an unfair dismissal claim. Contact our Employment Law Solicitors today from one of our offices in Andover, Romsey, Salisbury, Totton or Witney by using the Contact Form, emailing info@parkerbullen.com or using one of the phone numbers below:
- Redundancy Solicitors for Employees Andover: 01264 400500
- Redundancy Solicitors for Employees Romsey: 01794 328688
- Redundancy Solicitors for Employees Romsey (Incorporating Kirklands): 01794 513466
- Redundancy Solicitors for Employees Salisbury: 01722 412000
- Redundancy Solicitors for Employees Totton (Incorporating Kirklands): 023 8066 3313
- Redundancy Solicitors for Employees Witney: 01993 670944