Law at Work 2024 (August 2024)

Chapter 11

Redundancy

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Redundancy can be a fair reason for dismissal. However, there are several ways in which a redundancy dismissal can be unfair, including:

• there was no genuine redundancy situation;

• redundancy was not the real reason for dismissal;

• the employee was unfairly selected;

• the employee was selected for an automatically unfair reason, such as pregnancy or lawful trade union activities;

• there was a failure to properly consult;

• the employer breached its own redundancy procedure; or

• there was a failure to offer suitable alternative employment.

Dismissal for redundancy is looked at in more detail in Chapter 12.


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