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Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
Redundancy is when you dismiss an employee because you no longer need…
You should take steps to avoid compulsory redundancies, for example by:…
You can lay off an employee (ask them to stay at home or take unpaid…
Voluntary redundancy This is where you ask employees if they’d like to…
If you decide you need to make compulsory redundancies, you must: identify…
If you do not consult employees in a redundancy situation, any…
You must give staff notice and agree a leaving date once you’ve finished…
Employees you make redundant might be entitled to redundancy pay - this is…
If you make staff redundant, you may give them a ‘termination payment’.…
If you have to make redundancies, Jobcentre Plus can give you and your…
Support for schools and trusts to plan their workforce and recruit effectively.
Find out how to work out VAT on supplies of staff including supplies made by staff bureaux.
Documents relating to workforce management information summary data for Defra.
From Blackpool to Plymouth, 14 areas to be transformed as part of the once-in-a-generation reforms to local government
Public health principles for reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace.
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Lord Fairley on 21 January 2026.
How the School-based Nursery Capital Grant funding helped a primary school to repurpose an existing space to create a new preschool class.
Employers' responsibilities when using agencies to find staff, including health and safety, access to facilities, vacancies, continuous employment, transfer fees and complaints
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