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Redundancy

Redundancy is one of the most complex and sensitive areas of UK employment law. Employers must follow strict legal requirements when managing redundancy situations, including consultation, fair selection and redundancy pay.

 

Clear processes, consistent decision-making and effective communication are essential to avoid significant legal and reputational risk.

 

This hub brings together practical guidance, tools and insights to support HR teams through individual and collective redundancy processes.

  • Unfair dismissal reforms: Rethinking probationary periods

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    Unfair dismissal reforms: Rethinking probationary periods

    With unfair dismissal protections tightening ahead of 2027, organisations are rethinking how they structure and manage probationary periods. Drawing on webinar insights, this article explores emerging approaches to probation length, extensions and performance management.

Browse our full library of UK redundancy resources
Guides – How to

Informing and consulting during a collective redundancy: The benefits of effective consultation

This guide explores the benefits of effective information and consultation during a collective redundancy process, including what collective …
Commentary and Insights

Employment law 2025: Six key tasks for HR

We look at what HR needs to do to meet its employment law obligations and prepare for the …
Commentary and Insights

Employment Rights Bill: 10 key policies employers must revamp

Explore the key policy updates prompted by the Employment Rights Bill's 28 employment law reforms and learn how …
Commentary and Insights

Moving forward after redundancy: Stories from HR

Through the words of HR, we explore how organisations are moving forward following the end of their redundancy …
Guides – How to

How to decide which employees to include in a redundancy pool

A clear HR guide to selecting employees for a redundancy pool while ensuring fairness, consistency, and full legal …
Guides – How to

Collective redundancy consultation: election of employee representatives

Discover step‑by‑step guidance on running fair elections for employee representatives during collective redundancy consultations to ensure full legal …
Podcasts

Redundancy protection – what’s changed?

Brightmine legal editors Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson discuss the changes to special redundancy protection for family-related leave …
Commentary and Insights

Redundancy payments and procedures in local authorities

This article looks at the framework for making compensation payments on redundancy and local authority redundancy policies. It …
HR News

Redundancy: New three-stage test for redundancy

A case examining the Employment Appeal Tribunal’s approach to determining whether a dismissal was by reason of redundancy, …

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