Redundancy 




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 402.




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).