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Redundancy

Redundancies occur when an employer ceases to carry on with work for which the employee was employed, or is ceasing to carry on with work in the place where the employee is employed.

While redundancy is a potentially fair reason for dismissal, for a redundancy dismissal to be fair, there must be a genuine redundancy situation and the employer must follow a fair redundancy procedure, including consulting on an individual basis. The employer must also comply with its collective consultation obligations where these apply.

These pages list all our redundancy news and guidance on making staff redundant.


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    Redundancy letters at BBC were ‘standard HR exercise’

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Apr 2023

    The letter, sent at the start of April, asked staff who “would like to consider potentially leaving the BBC under voluntary redundancy” to hold discussions with HR.

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    P&O Ferries poised to make further redundancies

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Apr 2023

    P&O Ferries is now looking at cutting 60 managerial UK posts with a further 60 being shifted into new roles. 

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    Top 10 HR questions March 2023: Third-party harassment

    by Brightmine 4 Apr 2023
    by Brightmine 4 Apr 2023

    We look at the Top 10 HR questions in March 2023, which cover topics including third-party harassment, Ramadan and redundancy.

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    How morale can be repaired after redundancies

    by Arne Sjöström 31 Mar 2023
    by Arne Sjöström 31 Mar 2023

    Arne Sjöström looks at the practical steps firms can take to help repair levels of morale after redundancies are made.

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    Civil service HR function has budget shortfall, union claims

    by Ashleigh Webber 31 Mar 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 31 Mar 2023

    The civil service's HR function, the chief people officer group, has a budget shortfall equivalent to 100 full-time staff, says union.

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    Redundancy: What to do when making staff redundant

    by Sophie Georgiou and Sarah Rushton 31 Mar 2023
    by Sophie Georgiou and Sarah Rushton 31 Mar 2023

    With warnings of a potential recession, some employers may be making difficult decisions about making staff redundant. Sophie Georgiou and...

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    Bupa Dental Care to cut 85 practices as dentist shortage bites

    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Mar 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Mar 2023

    A national dentist shortage and rising costs have prompted Bupa Dental Care to cut 85 practices in the UK.

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    Accenture to cut 19,000 jobs

    by Adam McCulloch 24 Mar 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 24 Mar 2023

    Consultancy giant plans sweeping job cuts as uncertainty in global markets afflicts clients.

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    Just Eat to stop employing its own couriers

    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Mar 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Mar 2023

    Just Eat plans to stop employing its own couriers and use contractors instead, which will result in 1,870 job losses....

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    Amazon announces 9,000 more job losses

    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Mar 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Mar 2023

    Amazon has announced thousands more job losses, just two months after launching another mass redundancy exercise.

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    The P&O Ferries sackings one year on

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Mar 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Mar 2023

    Although the government has introduced the Seafarers Wages Bill, unions say ministers have failed to act over the unlawful sackings of P&O Ferries employees one year ago.

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    Meta: 10,000 more jobs cuts and hiring freeze

    by Rob Moss 14 Mar 2023
    by Rob Moss 14 Mar 2023

    Facebook and Instagram owner Meta announces further restructuring plans across its technology and business divisions.

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    Twitter worker: ‘HR can’t tell me if I’m employed’

    by Rob Moss 7 Mar 2023
    by Rob Moss 7 Mar 2023

    Designer from Iceland tweeted Elon Musk after Twitter's head of HR was unable to confirm is he was employed.

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    Retail hit by almost 15,000 job losses in two months

    by Jo Faragher 20 Feb 2023
    by Jo Faragher 20 Feb 2023

    Almost 15,000 jobs have been lost in the retail sector since the start of the year, according to a report...

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    Real pay falls by 2.5%, despite record private sector growth

    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Feb 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Feb 2023

    The ONS says pay is failing to keep up with inflation, despite record settlements in the private sector.

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