More information on redundancies

New Acas guidance, How to manage collective redundancies, was published in April 2013 and is available to download from the Acas website (www.acas.org.uk/media/pdf/c/n/How-to-manage-collective-redundancies.pdf).

See also Handling large-scale redundancies (www.acas.org.uk/media/pdf/h/3/Handling-large-scale-collective-redundancies-advisory-booklet.pdf)

The Acas Code of Practice, Disciplinary and grievance procedures (2009) (see Chapter 10: Dismissal) does not apply to ordinary redundancy consultation meetings. However, it does apply to individual grievance meetings about the redundancy process alleging, for example, discriminatory treatment or unlawful selection.

LRD booklets

Redundancy law — a guide to using the law for union reps (www.lrdpublications.org.uk/publications.php?pub=BK&iss=1690)

Contracts of employment — a guide to using the law for union reps (www.lrdpublications.org.uk/publications.php?pub=BK&iss=1685)

TUPE — a guide to using the law for union reps (www.lrdpublications.org.uk/publications.php?pub=BK&iss=1706)

State benefits and tax credits 2014 — a trade union guide to members’s entitlements (www.lrdpublications.org.uk/publications.php?pub=BK&iss=1712)

LRD’s Workplace Report (www.lrdpublications.org.uk/publications.php?pub=WR) has regular quarterly updates on redundancy law.