Redundancy

Labour wants stronger protections for pregnant employees and new mothers, as well as the reinstatement of gender pay gap reporting enforcement.

Single parents could be locked out of work due to the impact of the pandemic, according to the Gingerbread charity.

UK employers are the most optimistic they have been in eight years about hiring, according to the CIPD and Adecco.

More than 400 jobs are to be lost in the automative sector after Toyoda Gosei announced it was pulling out of the UK.

Unions and local MP angry at giant multinational over job losses at Fawdon and York confectionery plants.

Employment support must be tailored to older workers who have been twice as likely to lose their jobs during the pandemic as those aged 25-49, says the Resolution Foundation.

Asda is expected to cut hundreds of jobs in its store bakeries in response to changing consumer habits.

Defence contractor Babcock International is to cut 1,000 jobs in order to improve efficiency and reduce 'siloed' working.

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Faced with financial pressures, reducing headcount seems the logical next step. But redundancy carries its own direct and hidden costs, and there are alternatives …

John Lewis Partnership has announced that it will keep eight of its 42 John Lewis stores closed when retail restrictions ease, putting 1,465 jobs at risk.

There were 693,000 fewer employees on company payrolls last month than in February 2020 – with under 25s bearing the brunt of job losses.

A tribunal has ruled that the travel giant failed to consult before making redundancies when it went into administration in September 2019.

Nokia plans to cut up to 10,000 jobs worldwide, including almost 100 in the UK, in order to generate funds that can be used for research and development.

Thorntons is to close its remaining 61 stores while Greggs says it will open a further 100 in 2021.