LRD guides and handbook October 2013

Redundancy law - a guide to using the law for union reps

Chapter 7

Death of employer

Where employment ends due to the death of the employer, this is deemed to be a redundancy (section 136(5) ERA 96). If the deceased employer’s representatives offer alternative work, the situation is as described in Chapter 6, except that there can be an eight-week gap between the two jobs.