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.
The question of when employers are obliged to start consulting on collective redundancies remains unanswered after the Advocate General’s opinion...
Timing the consultation process when collective redundancies are in the offing is tricky to say the least. John Charlton examines...
One of the most expensive liabilities an employer can face arises from a failure to comply with collective consultation obligations.The...
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A European Court of Justice ruling about a Finnish collective redundancy case could affect UK employers' decisions on when to start collective consultation about redundancies.
When launching a voluntary redundancy process, HR should take care to make all the right moves, advises David Brown.
More than half of employers have noticed the damaging impact redundancies are having on staff morale, according to a recent...
Matthew Whelan spells out the requirement to collectively consult when making staff redundant under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
The economic downturn and the credit crunch means the threat of redundancies is raising its head. Some 10,000 job cuts...
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Marc Jones, partner at Turbervilles, gives advice on legislation relating to collective redundancies
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