Redundancy fears
by Sarah
It is all doom and gloom with the economic situation at the moment. This is reflected not only in the business news but in a survey by TUC. This states that 1 out of 10 workers believe they will be made redundant by the end of this year totalling about £3.3 million workers holding that view. Workers in Wales were the most concerned but union members and those working in the East of England were more optimistic.
We have seen a number of employers seek guidance of late concrning restructuring. We have also seen a number of employees who have been made redundant across many sectors. There are a few common points which are worth noting. The first is that a proper redundancy process should be followed to avoid unfair dismissal claims. You can find some guidance here but we are also running a course on restructuring and managing chnage and more details can be found here.
Secondly, from the employee side any trial period in the new job is only four weeks under statute. Some local employers are telling employees that they have six weeks to make a decision which is incorrect. Under statute any extension to the trial period has to be for training.
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