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The law recognises that redundancies will cause employees great distress and accordingly requires employers to give all staff affected by potential redundancies ample warning and an opportunity to be consulted. A failure to consult properly, either on an individual or a collective level, will increase the risk of unfair dismissals.
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Further, a failure to discharge collective consultation obligations may trigger liability for a “protective award”.
In this free webinar Darren Newman, consultant editor for XpertHR, looks at the law on the duty to consult collectively in a redundancy situation. Darren provides practical guidance for employers on how to best manage the process and considers the implications of the 6 April 2013 changes.
