Letter to Appeal a Redundancy Decision - for employees

If you have been made redudant by your employer (or received a letter informing you that you have been selected for redundancy) you can use this letter to appeal the redundancy selection decision.

You only get one chance to appeal a redundancy decision.
Make sure you make it count.

This document gives you the framework within which to raise your redundancy appeal quickly, easily and will even save you time and effort trying to explain in detail to your employer why you are appealing their redundancy selection decision.

By purchasing this document you will be able to:

• Appeal your redundancy selection (or redundancy termination).
• Raise your redundancy appeal straight away using a standard appeal letter.
  
• Confirm details of what has already been communicated to you.
• Pick from a list of detailed sentences of common reasons of appeal.
• Notify your employer if you feel a redundancy decision was unfair or unjust.
  
• Raise concerns with your employer if you feel they have discrminated against you.
  
• Raise concerns with your employer where you feel their actions have resulted in you being bullied or harassed during the redundancy process

As well as receiving one standard letter to give to your employer, this document also provides you with an extensive list of example redundancy appeal sentences outlining common reasons of appeal. You can choose from the list (or add your own appeal reasons) to confirm to your employer in writing why you are appealing a redundancy selection decision.

The list of over 65 redundancy appeal reasons will help you clarify to your employer your grounds of appeal in relation to:

• Your employer not following their own redundancy policy and procedures.
  
• Your employers' non-compliance with statutory policy, procedure and legal rights.
• Non-adherence to consultation, selection and notification guidelines and time frames.
• Managerial authority to reach and communicate a redundancy selection decision.
  
• Redundancy selection criteria and investigation into alternative roles.
  
• Documentatary evidence to support a redundancy selection decision.
  
• Redundancy consultation meetings and redundancy selection decisions.
• Calculation and non-payment of statutory redundancy pay.
• Calculation of contractual notice payments.
• Acts of discrimination, bullying and harassment.