Redundancy

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.