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In a redundancy situation, selection for an alternative role can involve subjective criteria
Samsung Electronics (UK) Ltd v Monte-D'Cruz [2012] UKEAT 0039/11 In this case, the Claimant's role was placed at risk of redundancy in October 2009 following the combination of 4 roles into a single head of department position. The Claimant was employed as a Senior Manager. The Claimant...
Unfair Dismissal Protection for Workers Abroad
Section 94(1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 gives employees the right not to be unfairly dismissed. Whether or not this protection covers workers who ordinarily work outside of Great Britain has, in the past, been unclear.
The Supreme Court have gone some way to clarifying the position...
Fears of overspend in redundancy process as BBC moves to Manchester
Reports have suggested that the BBC's planned move to Manchester may prove more expensive than has been budgeted for, with the costs of training, recruitment and redundancy processes threatening to cost more than intended. Internal BBC documents have been seen that suggest it is the...
Redundancy reports published by CIPD and BCC
Research data published this week by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) has pointed to redundancy figures slowing after a surge earlier in the year. Based on responses from a sample of almost 1000 employers drawn from all sectors of industry, the CIPD/KPMG Labour Market...
Penguin UK enters redundancy process with 1 in 10 workers
Publishing firm Penguin UK is entering a redundancy process that aims to shed approximately 10 percent of its workforce, according to reports in The Bookseller . The company entered a 90-day consultancy period, in line with UK employment law, yesterday. It has not been announced which...
Voluntary redundancy offered to BA cabin crew
Reports have suggested that aviation giant British Airways has offered voluntary redundancy to its flight attendants as part of what the company's CEO has called a "fight for survival". BA employs 14,000 members of cabin crew, and is aiming to reduce that number by 2,000. This is accompanied...
CAB reports massive rise in redundancy legal advice requests
Feared and announced job losses have led to a near-300 percent year-in-year rise in requests for redundancy legal advice in 2008-09, according to West Oxfordshire's Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB). Projections of these figures for 2009-10 suggest that the year may see a record-breaking number of...
