What obligations does an employer have with regard to offering suitable alternative employment?
It is important as part of a fair and reasonable redundancy procedure for an employer to consider whether it, or any associated employer, has any vacancies that would be suitable for staff who would otherwise be made redundant. The employer is not obliged to create new jobs for redundant employees, but failure to offer any available suitable alternative may make a dismissal by reason of redundancy unfair. Where an employee’s contract is renewed, or they are re-engaged under a new contract following an offer made before the end of their employment under the previous contract, and the renewal or re-engagement takes effect on or within four weeks of the end of the previous employment, there will be no redundancy dismissal.
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