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Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay

• Overview

  Redundancy is when you dismiss an employee because you no longer need…

• Avoiding redundancies

  You should take steps to avoid compulsory redundancies, for example by:…

• Lay-offs and short-time working

  You can lay off an employee (ask them to stay at home or take unpaid…

• Non-compulsory redundancy

  Voluntary redundancy This is where you ask employees if they’d like to…

• Compulsory redundancy

  If you decide you need to make compulsory redundancies, you must: identify…

• Redundancy consultations

  If you do not consult employees in a redundancy situation, any…

• Giving staff notice

  You must give staff notice and agree a leaving date once you’ve finished…

• Redundancy pay

  Employees you make redundant might be entitled to redundancy pay - this is…

• Tax when making staff redundant

  If you make staff redundant, you may give them a ‘termination payment’.…

• Getting help

  If you have to make redundancies, Jobcentre Plus can give you and your…

Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers

• Overview

  As an employer, the tax and employment responsibilities you have for your…

• Full-time and part-time contracts

  As an employer you must give employees: a written statement of employment…

• Fixed-term contracts

  Fixed-term contracts: last for a certain length of time are set in advance…

• Agency staff

  As an employer, you can hire temporary staff through agencies. This means:…

• Freelancers, consultants and contractors

  If you hire a freelancer, consultant or contractor it means that: they are…

• Zero-hours contracts

  Zero-hours contracts are also known as casual contracts. Zero-hours…

• Employing family, young people and volunteers

  Family If you hire family members you must: avoid special treatment in…

Find out how to work out VAT on supplies of staff including supplies made by staff bureaux.

• Updated: 31 December 2020

Employers' responsibilities when using agencies to find staff, including health and safety, access to facilities, vacancies, continuous employment, transfer fees and complaints

Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended

• Updated: 18 January 2016

Lays-offs and short-time working - pay, rights, temporary lay-off, redundancy, taking on extra work, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, short-time regulations and payments

• Updated: 15 October 2015

Discrimination policy and equal opportunities in recruitment and in the workplace - age discrimination, disabled workers, gender reassignment, sex discrimination

Find out about the VAT liability of insurance transactions and insurance related services.

• Updated: 22 August 2023