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Here’s our list of blog posts on all things “managing redundancies”.

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  • Guide to Making Redundancies - LighterHR

    Business Guide to Making Redundancies

    Guidance on the Redundancy Process from HR Experts Introduction Making redundancies is one of the hardest things any business owner or manager can have to do. The legal process that you need to follow has been designed to provide a structured, fair and transparent way of managing redundancies but there are many unexpected challenges and…

  • Guide to Collective Redundancies - LighterHR

    Guide to Managing Collective Redundancies

    Guidance on Managing Redundancies for 20 or More Employees Redundancy is one of the hardest actions any business owner or manager has to take.  The legal process that you need to follow ensures you follow a structured way of managing the redundancies. However, there are many unexpected challenges that can crop up along the way.…

  • Who To Involve in Redundancies When There's No HR - LighterHR - Featured

    Who to Involve in Redundancies When There’s No HR

    Managing a redundancy process requires a great deal of knowledge regarding employment law and insight into potential risks and pitfalls. If an organisation has HR support, they will have access to the knowledge they need. But what happens when an organisation does not have access to HR support? Who should be involved in redundancy situations…

  • What are the Alternatives to Redundancy - LighterHR

    Alternatives to Redundancy: What are the Options?

    Making employees redundant is time consuming, can be costly, can disrupt the work place, can damage a company’s reputation in the market and is legally quite complicated. This post looks at the alternatives to redundancy that could be considered.

  • How should a business select who is at risk of redundancy - LighterHR - Featured

    How Should a Business Decide Who is at Risk of Redundancy?

    A key part of redundancy planning is to identify which employees are impacted by the changes a business is proposing. This is called “pooling” and, in this post we look at how you should go about deciding on redundancy pools.

  • How Soon After Redundancy Can I Rehire - LighterHR

    How Soon After Redundancy Can I Rehire?

    You’ve made some redundancies in line with the needs of your business. However, things change and sometimes new recruits are needed again shortly after a redundancy process. So now what? This post provides guidance for employers and managers into what you should and should not do regarding rehiring after redundancy.

  • 6 Invaluable Tips for Managing a Redundancy Process - LighterHR - Featured

    6 Invaluable Tips for Managing a Redundancy Process

    Redundancy is a difficult process to navigate for any business and is the last resort, particularly given how complex it can be. If you’re considering redundancies, or you’ve already started the process, here’s 6 tips to help you manage your redundancy process effectively.

  • Redundancy Mistakes for Employers to Avoid - LighterHR - Featured

    5 Common Redundancy Mistakes for Employers to Avoid

    The redundancy process is complicated and there’s a lot to think about both before you get started and throughout the entire process.  In this post we’ll share some of the areas to be particularly mindful of when conducting a redundancy process.

  • How to Conduct a Redundancy Consultation - LighterHR - Featured

    How to Conduct a Redundancy Consultation

    Redundancy consultation is a key part of a redundancy process. In this blog post, we’ll look at what “consultation” actually means, how you make sure you do it properly, and some useful information and pointers on how to undertake an effective redundancy consultation process.

  • When Do Employees have the Right to Appeal - LighterHR - Featured

    The Right to Appeal – What Does It Mean and When Does It Apply?

    Employees have a right to appeal decisions relating to certain HR processes and in this blog post we look at this right in more detail so that you can understand when it applies and how you should deal with appeals.

  • How Do I Tell My Employees About Redundancy - LighterHR - Featured

    How Do I Tell My Employees About Redundancy?

    This post provides guidance on how to tell employees about redundancy and communication during a redundancy process. Rather than being prescriptive, what we’re aiming to achieve with this post is to help you consider what type of communication approach will work for you and help you to avoid some pitfalls.

  • Continuous Service and Redundancy - LighterHR - Featured

    What are the Rules around Continuous Service and Redundancy?

    There’s nothing like a possible redundancy process to make people pay attention to their length of service. For the first time since they signed their employment contract, people will be looking for confirmation of when their service started so that they can check their redundancy calculations. It is at this stage that we often find…

  • The Right To Be Accompanied - LighterHR - Featured

    The Right to be Accompanied: When Does it Apply?

    We’ve had a lot of cases recently when questions have arisen regarding an employee’s right to be accompanied at various meetings. Given that it’s something that has come up quite frequently we thought we’d take this opportunity to provide you with some more information on this right and how it works.

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