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.
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Canadian billionaire Doug Putman has pulled out of a deal to save hundreds of Wilko stores, citing cost as a barrier.
More redundancies at Wilko have been announced, despite administrators finding a buyer for a number of the high street retailer's stores.
The first Wilko redundancies have been confirmed administrators were unable to secure a buyer for the collapsed retail chain.
Mass redundancies at Wilko are likely as talks to save the troubled business from administration collapsed.
