Redundancy Consultation Letter

All employers are legally required to notify and consult staff should a redundancy situation arise and particularly before any redundancies are made.

Full and effective consultation with staff from the very start of the redundancy process can help reduce employee fears and suspicions.

Consulting with employees and their representatives also allows an employer to take on board any views and ideas on how to avoid redundancies, explore possible ways of minimising the impact on the business should redundancies be unavoidable and to agree a redundancy selection criteria.

This letter helps an employer:

• Invite an employee to a redundancy discussion meeting.
• Inform employees of the possibility of redundancies.
• Communicate to employees why redundancies are necessary.
• Inform employees when the consultation process will commence.
• Confirm employee legal rights and right to be accompanied during redundancy process.
• Advise company attendees at redundancy meetings.

This letter also outlines areas for discussion and consideration, including:

• Alternatives to redundancy.
• Redundancy selection criteria.
• Considering employees against other roles.
• Undertaking a review of business operations.

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