Collective redundancies- guidance to managers and HR
Overview
A session which provides guidance to managers during a collective redundancy consultation.
Topics covered:
- Outline of the definition of a redundancy and the company’s legal obligations
- Overview of the collective and individual consultation processes
- Explanation of the consultation requirements and the risks if consultation goes wrong
- Guidance for managers at the first, second and final consultation meeting including:
- the different approach taken to unique roles and pooled roles
- responding to queries
- discussion about scores (if pooled employee)
- discussing redundancy packages
- discussing alternative roles
- The “dos” and “don’ts” during a collective consultation