How do companies work out who to make redundant?

How do companies work out who to make redundant?

The following criteria can be used when selecting employees for redundancy:

  1. Skills and experience;
  2. Attendance and disciplinary records;
  3. Standard of work performance; and.
  4. Aptitude for work.

Can I be made redundant and replaced by contractor?

Unfortunately, employers are allowed to make an employee redundant and then hire someone to do the job for lower pay. This would include an apprentice carrying out the role after the previous employee was made redundant. However, they should have offered this role (and the pay) to you before hiring the new person.

What do you need to know about making employees redundant?

This is known as furloughing. For a redundancy to be genuine, you must demonstrate that the employee’s job will no longer exist. Redundancies can be compulsory or non-compulsory. If you do have to make redundancies you can get help from Jobcentre Plus. Employees have certain rights and may be entitled to redundancy pay if they’re made redundant.

How long after redundancy can you keep an employee?

Making sure you leave at least one week between an employee’s redundancy date and the date they return to work is a good way of establishing a clear cut if you wish to avoid continuity and the risks associated with it Check for Exceptions to the One-Week Rule.

What’s the difference between firing someone and making someone redundant?

Redundancy is the process by which an employer ‘lets someone go’ from their company when there’s no longer a business need for the work they are doing. It’s a very different thing to ‘firing’ someone, which implies that the employee has done something wrong – when someone is made redundant, it’s simply because their role no longer exists.

Can a redundancy be an excuse to dismiss an employee?

To be certain contact Ellis Whittam for Employment Law Advice to find out more about whether your particular circumstance is a redundancy situation. You must not use redundancy as an excuse to dismiss an employee who has bad performance, a poor attendance record or has committed misconduct.

This is known as furloughing. For a redundancy to be genuine, you must demonstrate that the employee’s job will no longer exist. Redundancies can be compulsory or non-compulsory. If you do have to make redundancies you can get help from Jobcentre Plus. Employees have certain rights and may be entitled to redundancy pay if they’re made redundant.

Do you get statutory redundancy pay if you are redundant?

An employee has the right to statutory redundancy pay if they have worked for you for two years or more. The amount they receive will depend on their age and their length of service, but at present, redundancy pay is capped at £508 per week (this may increase in April 2019).

Can a company make an employee redundant because of automation?

For example, it might be that their role has now been automated, so you no longer have work for them. You can’t simply make an employee redundant because they’re underperforming, or you don’t like them.

When do you dismiss an employee for redundancy?

Redundancy is when you dismiss an employee because you no longer need anyone to do their job. This might be because the business is: changing what it does. doing things in a different way, for example using new machinery.