The Court of Appeal has held that an NHS trust was justified in dismissing a senior member of staff, who had been at risk of redundancy for some time, before he reached the age of 50 to avoid him getting a pension "windfall", but stopped short of saying  More...
27 March 2012 14:21

The question of when employers are obliged to start consulting on collective redundancies remains unanswered after the Advocate General's opinion on the issue in the case of United States of America v Nolan . The case concerned whether or not the U  More...
23 March 2012 15:47

Timing the consultation process when collective redundancies are in the offing is tricky to say the least. John Charlton examines the impact of the recent ruling in the Woolworths saga and looks forward to an important decision from the European Court o  More...
27 February 2012 09:00

Readman v Devon Primary Care Trust FACTS Mrs Readman was employed by Devon Primary Care Trust in community nursing from 1985 until 2008. In November 2007, she was told that she was at risk of redundancy because the trust was reorganising its le  More...
20 February 2012 10:11

Every year brings with it some important new employment legislation for the employer to negotiate. Whether related to unfair dismissal, pensions, employment tribunals or redundancy, 2012 presents new legislation relevant to all organisations, large or s  More...
20 December 2011 00:01

Independent Insurance Co Ltd (in provisional liquidation) v Aspinall FACTS Independent Insurance Co Ltd went into provisional liquidation in June 2001. There were 971 employees made redundant, including more than 300 at its premis  More...
19 July 2011 14:34

Employers spent £4.4 billion on redundancy payouts during the 12 months to March 2011, despite the tentative economic recovery. The total was just 2% lower than the previous year's, according to figures obtained from a freedom of information request  More...
04 July 2011 12:12

My business is losing money hand over fist, and will shortly go into administration. What does this mean, and what will happen to my staff? Will they get their final-salary payments? Administration is the most common insolvency procedure and is desi  More...
23 June 2011 10:07

Arhin v Enfield Primary Care Trust FACTS Dr Arhin was employed as a consultant and assistant director by Enfield Primary Care Trust. In 2006, the trust undertook a reorganisation that resulted in Dr Arhin being made redundant on 30 June 2007.   More...
21 March 2011 00:01

While many employers were able to mitigate losses last year through measures such as asking staff to take unpaid holiday and adopt flexible working, redundancies will be unavoidable for many this year as the full force of government cuts begins to hit.   More...
02 March 2011 16:04

Job losses are set to rise sharply in the first quarter of 2011 as the full force of government cuts is felt, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Results from the CIPD's latest Labour Market Outlook suggest tha  More...
14 February 2011 10:58

One employee in five believes that they are likely to lose their job, according to research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD). The CIPD's Employee Outlook Survey found that public sector workers were the most c  More...
04 February 2011 11:52

Employers face a sustained increase in workplace unrest as staff work longer and harder without greater reward. This is according to the State of Human Resources survey by Kings College London and law firm Speechly Bircham, which found that half of   More...
03 February 2011 10:06

Planned cuts to public spending could prove "formidably hard to deliver", according to a forecast by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). The thinktank's Green Budget forecast argues that the planned cuts to public spending are greater and mo  More...
02 February 2011 14:37

Employers will find it more costly to make workers redundant from today, as the maximum caps on statutory redundancy pay and unfair dismissal compensation are increased. Morag Hutchison, employment lawyer at Pinsent Masons, ex  More...
01 February 2011 11:13

Companies in the private sector say that hiring staff and improving their recruitment procedures are their top priorities for the coming year, while the public sector's key focus is on cost savings and change management. This is according t  More...
24 January 2011 10:20

Large scale redundancy exercises bring challenges of many kinds, but employers often find that a request for volunteers is welcomed by the workforce and less damaging to the employer's reputation than might otherwise be the case, particularly if the des  More...
24 January 2011 00:01

Unemployment in the UK rose to 2.5 million in the three months to the end of November 2010, according to figures released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figures show that the employment rate in that quarter fell by 0.3 percent  More...
19 January 2011 12:48

David Cameron said his first priority is to "protect frontline services and jobs", as the Government takes "radical" action to deal with the budget deficit. In a speech on public sector reforms, the Prime Minister today admitted that it would be unre  More...
17 January 2011 15:31

Fulcrum Pharma (Europe) Ltd v Bonassera and another FACTS Mrs Bonassera was employed by Fulcrum Pharma (Europe) Ltd as an HR manager. She was supported by an HR executive. In April 2009, Mrs Bonassera was informed that she was at risk  More...
18 November 2010 15:26