You can challenge your redundancy if you: have worked for your employer for at least 2 years and you think it wasn’t a genuine redundancy or your employer didn’t follow a fair redundancy selection process. think there was an ‘automatically unfair’ reason for your redundancy. think there was discrimination.

Can I be made redundant if my role still exists?

No, but often the issue of whether or not a job still exists is a complicated one. Your employer has to be reasonable when making you redundant. Your employer can make you redundant if they genuinely don’t need you to do your job and your skills are no longer needed.

What is a reasonable redundancy package?

You have to have worked for your employer for two years to qualify for statutory redundancy pay. 0.5 week’s pay for each full year worked when you’re under 22; 1 week’s pay for each full year worked when you’re between 22 and 41; 1.5 week’s pay for each full year worked when you’re 41 or older.

Can you negotiate voluntary redundancy package?

When you’re about to be made redundant, you have very little to lose by trying to negotiate a better redundancy package from your employer. Your employer wants to avoid subsequent legal action so will often be more flexible than you might expect.

Can you get made redundant when on furlough?

You can still be made redundant while you’re furloughed. You employer will take you off the furlough scheme when you start your notice period. They’ll still have to pay you any money you’re owed and follow the right process. They can’t discriminate against you – check if your redundancy is fair if you’re not sure.

What should a redundancy package include?

Statutory redundancy pay

• Half a week’s pay for each complete year of service that you were aged under 22.
• A full week’s pay for each complete year of service that you were aged between 22 and 40.
• A week and a half’s pay for each year that you were aged 41 or older.

  Should I take voluntary redundancy 2020?

  If your employer plans on making some employees redundant, it is probably a good idea to ask for voluntary redundancy. If you want volunteer for redundancy because you have received another job offer, you should know that you can not receive voluntary redundancy pay if you move on to a new job straight away.

  What should be included in a redundancy package?

  As mentioned above, a lot of redundancy packages will take into account the element of doubt about the objectivity of the process, and will offer an enhanced amount, over and above the statutory minimum.  Obviously the more your employer is offering you, the less useful it is to point out the holes in the process itself. Salary (£)*

  When do you have a genuine redundancy situation?

  In order for the redundancy to be fair, there has in fact to be a genuine redundancy situation. A redundancy situation occurs with the closure of a business, a workplace, or a whole department, or when there is a ‘diminished need for work of a particular kind.’

  Do you have to pay redundancy pay to casual employees?

  Use our Notice and Redundancy Calculator to calculate redundancy pay. Redundancy pay doesn’t need to be paid in some circumstances eg. by some small businesses and to casual employees.

  When to negotiate a better redundancy settlement package?

  Redundancy situations can be one of the hardest situations to negotiate a better settlement package for, especially if there are multiple redundancies. This is because, if there are many people going to be dismissed for redundancy, the situation is plainly genuine.