LRD guides and handbook May 2019

Law at Work 2019 - the trade union guide to employment law

Chapter 10

Redundancy 





[ch 10: page 352]

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


• unfair selection;




• selection for an automatically unfair reason;




• failure to consult properly; 



• breach of the employer’s own redundancy procedure; and





• failure to offer suitable alternative employment. 





Unfair dismissal for redundancy is looked at in Chapter 11: Redundancy, see page 416.





Reps can find more detailed guidance in the LRD booklet: Redundancy law — a guide to using the law for union reps (www.lrdpublications.org.uk/publications.php?pub=BK&iss=1690)
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