What consultation is required before making an employee redundant ?
An employer is under a legal duty to properly consult with employees before making them redundant, and to consider available alternatives to redundancy and to have a reasonable, documented, fair and transparent set of criteria for deciding between employees under threat of redundancy, as to which will lose his, her or their jobs. If this does not take place, you may face a claim for unfair dismissal, on procedural grounds if nothing else.
