Redundancy and Layoffs in UK Law

  • Making Sense Of The Scottish Government Guidance For Licensed Premises
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... Employers may ... have to consider layoffs and redundancy with the appropriate ... consultation processes that ... ...
  • UK State Of Law
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... Dickinson Dees cut 17 from its re-mortgage team, although the ... layoffs did not hit lawyers ... Redundancy consultations have also reportedly ... ...
  • We Are Considering Layoffs In The UK. How Should We Plan Our Approach To These Dismissals? (Video)
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... to around a year's pay or USD 115,000 unless the employer has a ... fair reason for dismissal and follows a fair process. Redundancy is ... a potentially fair reason, but it requires at least two ... consultation meetings with employees to outline and discuss the ... proposed ... ...
  • Making Redundancies In The UK
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... UK has a statute similar to US WARN that is triggered at 20 ... layoffs but individual consultation is still required for any ... number of ... Failure to notify BEIS is a criminal offence ... How will the redundancy process be structured? This question ... feeds importantly into the timing ... ...
  • Multiple Staff Layoffs In The UK - The Scope For Criminal Liability For Directors
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    Within the UK and throughout the European Economic Area employers are subject to express obligations to inform and consult with staff in advance of making multiple redundancies. This is as a result...
    ... ... employees it proposes to dismiss, the proposed method of selecting employees who may be dismissed, the proposed method of calculating any redundancy payment and a number of other factors ... Consultation is also required to be genuine and to include consultation about ways of avoiding the ... ...
  • Collective Consultation ' What Do Employers Need To Know?
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... mass-layoffs at Twitter, the Independent and Royal Mail ... When an employer proposes ... establishment by reason of redundancy within a period of 90 days or ... less, it triggers an obligation for that ... ...
  • Employment Termination and Reductions-In-Force Outside The United States, Part 2
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    We have been discussing overseas terminations against the backdrop of a fired employee asserting rights in local labor court, but in actual practice most firing disputes get resolved out of court. ...
    ... ... Projectmanage outside-US layoffs to account for local laws. In a cross-border downsizing, use tailored ... To avoid a chaotic, reactive cross-border collective redundancy fraught with compliance problems and unnecessary costs, manage the global ... ...
  • COVID-19 (Coronavirus) – Employer FAQs
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... Do employer-instituted quarantines or temporary shutdowns or mass layoffs entitle workers to unemployment benefits or severance? ... If the ... , and in some cases could claim for constructive dismissal and redundancy pay ... Collective redundancies of 20 or more will trigger formal ... ...
  • COVID-19 – Important Additional Considerations for UK Employers
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    Further to our previous updates on how employers should respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency, this LawFlash discusses the measures UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced on 20 March regardi...
    ... ... who would otherwise have dismissed employees by reason of redundancy instead to retain them, pending the end of the COVID-19 lockdown period ... Temporary Layoffs and Short-Term Work ... In order to avoid dismissals, employers may wish ... ...
  • UNITED KINGDOM: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) – Employer FAQs
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    The spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) across the globe remains a significant concern in the workplace. Employers are confronting difficult questions regarding how to handle safety and heal...
    ... ... layoffs entitle workers to unemployment benefits or severance? ... If the ... , and in some cases could claim for constructive dismissal and redundancy pay ... Collective redundancies of 20 or more will trigger formal ... ...
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