If it is a redundancy situation and it is the only option, follow our 7-step process:
- Step 1: Warn people of the potential of redundancy.
- Step 2: Identify the redundancy pool.
- Step 3: Decide on the selection criteria.
- Step 4: Consult with employees as a group.
- Step 5: Apply the selection criteria.
How do you conduct redundancies?
We'll take you through the following steps:
- Step 1: Be clear on your reasons.
- Step 2: Determine which roles will be placed at risk of redundancy.
- Step 3: Let people know their post is at risk of redundancy.
- Step 4: Draw up a selection criteria.
- Step 5: First individual consultation meeting.
- Step 6: Selection criteria scoring.
Can you just make someone redundant?
Your employer can declare your job redundant if the requirement for the work you are doing has either ceased or is diminishing. It does not automatically follow from being put at risk of redundancy that it is you who will ultimately be made redundant.
