Where an employer is proposing to make redundant 20 or more employees at one establishment within 90 days, it is obliged to consult with appropriate representatives of the affected employees. This is known as “collective consultation”.
The duty to consult collectively on redundancies is in addition to the employer's obligations to consult individually with each of the potentially redundant employees.
Almost half a million redundancies could be made this autumn alone, according to data that highlights the potential scale of the jobs crisis.
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Gatwick Airport plans to slash headcount by around a quarter as passenger numbers fail to recover.
The proposals could see...
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Employees facing redundancy say the firm is basing notice pay on furlough payments.
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Thousands more job losses have been announced today, with the government stating that it no longer needs 6,000 of its...
British Airways has confirmed today that its plans to make 12,000 job cuts will go ahead, and more than 6,000...
Coronavirus has had a huge impact on the economy and as funding through the furlough scheme is gradually withdrawn, many...
Conciliation service Acas has experienced a marked increase in calls to its helpline on the subject of redundancy during the...
WH Smith has announced around 1,500 jobs may need to be cut as the newsagent tackles the impact of the...
With job losses continuing to hit the headlines, many employers are wrestling with the practical issues involving redundancy consultations, and...
