Redundancy

Dismissed employees may be entitled to redundancy payments. Employers must also ensure that the required period for consultation with employees' representatives is allowed. More details are in documents Redundancy consultation and notification (PL833) and Redundancy payments (PL808).

Entitlement to redundancy payments will not be affected by the failure of any claim which an employee may make for unfair dismissal compensation.
Where there are redundancies and it is unclear whether the Regulations apply, it will also be unclear whether the previous or the new employer is responsible for making redundancy payments. In such cases employees should consider whether to make any claims against both employers.