There is a set of procedures that a company needs to adhere to when it comes to redundancy, to avoid the risk of a costly employment tribunal claim. But redundancy doesn’t always have to be a negative ...

In Gwynedd Council v (1) Barratt (2) Hughes [2021] EWCA Civ 1322, the Court of Appeal (CA) considered whether an employer’s failure to give an employee an opportunity to appeal against the decision to ...

With Royal Mail recently announcing thousands of job cuts, it will need to follow a fair and thorough process to reduce the risk of employment tribunal claims. Susan Thompson and Andrew Czechowski ...

With warnings of a potential recession, some employers may be making difficult decisions about making staff redundant. Sophie Georgiou and Sarah Rushton outline the key elements in a fair and legal ...

• workplace closure i.e. where the practice ceases to operate in the location where the employee works, for example, a partnership may have multiple surgeries and choose to close one but leave another ...