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What happens at the meeting
633
Raise a grievance at work
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2,005
2,032
633-26
The aim of the meeting is to establish the facts and find a way to resolve the problem.
633
Raise a grievance at work
26
2,033
2,120
633-27
Your employer will run the meeting. They’ll normally go through the grievance and give the worker the chance to comment. You can bring supporting documents if you want.
633
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2,121
2,289
633-28
Who can attend meetings with you
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2,290
2,322
633-29
You can be accompanied to grievance meetings (and any appeal meetings) by a:
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2,399
633-30
colleague
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2,400
2,409
633-31
trade union representative
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2,410
2,436
633-32
You may also be able to bring a family member or Citizens Advice Bureau worker, depending on the HR procedure where you work.
633
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2,562
633-33
After the meeting
633
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2,563
2,580
633-34
Afterwards the employer will write to you setting out their decision along with:
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2,661
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details of any action they intend to take
633
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2,703
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information about how to appeal
633
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2,704
2,735
633-37
Appealing a grievance decision
633
Raise a grievance at work
37
2,736
2,766
633-38
Your employer’s grievance procedure will set out:
633
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2,767
2,816
633-39
who you should submit your appeal to
633
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2,817
2,853
633-40
the time limit within which an appeal must be made
633
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2,854
2,904
633-41
information about any meetings that will be held
633
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2,905
2,953
633-42
how the appeal meeting will be run
633
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2,954
2,988
633-43
You have the right to be accompanied during any appeal meetings. If possible, a manager who has not been involved in the process should handle the appeal.
633
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2,989
3,143
633-44
After the appeal meeting your employer should write to you setting out their final decision.
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634-0
Overview
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Redundancy: your rights
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Redundancy is a form of dismissal from your job. It happens when employers need to reduce their workforce.
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9
115
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If you’re being made redundant, you might be eligible for certain things, including:
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200
634-3
redundancy pay
634
Redundancy: your rights
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201
215
634-4
a notice period
634
Redundancy: your rights
4
216
231
634-5
a consultation with your employer
634
Redundancy: your rights
5
232
265
634-6
the option to move into a different job
634
Redundancy: your rights
6
266
305
634-7
time off to find a new job
634
Redundancy: your rights
7
306
332
634-8
You also have specific rights if your employer is insolvent.
634
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8
333
393
634-9
If you’ve been made redundant because of coronavirus (COVID-19), your employer might be able to re-employ you and pay 80% of your wages.
634
Redundancy: your rights
9
394
530
634-10
You must be selected for redundancy in a fair way, for example because of your level of experience or capability to do the job.
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Redundancy: your rights
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531
658
634-11
You cannot be selected because of age, gender, or if you’re disabled or pregnant. If you are, this could be classed as an unfair dismissal.
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Redundancy: your rights
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659
798
634-12
Get advice
634
Redundancy: your rights
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799
809
634-13
You can get advice on redundancy from Acas (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) or Citizens Advice.
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Redundancy: your rights
13
810
921
634-14
Being selected for redundancy
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Redundancy: your rights
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922
951
634-15
Your employer should use a fair and objective way of selecting you for redundancy.
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Redundancy: your rights
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952
1,034
634-16
Commonly used methods are:
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1,035
1,061
634-17
last in, first out (employees with the shortest length of service are selected first)
634
Redundancy: your rights
17
1,062
1,147
634-18
asking for volunteers (self-selection)
634
Redundancy: your rights
18
1,148
1,186
634-19
disciplinary records
634
Redundancy: your rights
19
1,187
1,207
634-20
staff appraisal markings, skills, qualifications and experience
634
Redundancy: your rights
20
1,208
1,271
634-21
Your employer can make you redundant without having to follow a selection process if your job no longer exists, for example if:
634
Redundancy: your rights
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1,272
1,399
634-22
your employer is closing down a whole operation in a company and making all the employees working in it redundant
634
Redundancy: your rights
22
1,400
1,513
634-23
you’re the only employee in your part of the organisation
634
Redundancy: your rights
23
1,514
1,571
634-24
Your employer may offer you a different role if one is available.
634
Redundancy: your rights
24
1,572
1,637
634-25
If your employer uses ‘last in, first out’, make sure it’s not discrimination, for example if it means only young people are made redundant.
634
Redundancy: your rights
25
1,638
1,778
634-26
Reapplying for your own job
634
Redundancy: your rights
26
1,779
1,806
634-27
You might be asked to reapply for your own job, which could help your employer decide who to select.
634
Redundancy: your rights
27
1,807
1,907
634-28
If you do not apply or you’re unsuccessful in your application, you’ll still have a job until your employer makes you redundant.
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1,908
2,036
634-29
Unfair selection
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Redundancy: your rights
29
2,037
2,053
634-30
You cannot be selected for the following reasons - your redundancy would be classed as an unfair dismissal:
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2,054
2,161
634-31
sex
634
Redundancy: your rights
31
2,162
2,165
634-32
gender reassignment
634
Redundancy: your rights
32
2,166
2,185
634-33
marital status
634
Redundancy: your rights
33
2,186
2,200
634-34
sexual orientation
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Redundancy: your rights
34
2,201
2,219
634-35
race
634
Redundancy: your rights
35
2,220
2,224
634-36
disability
634
Redundancy: your rights
36
2,225
2,235
634-37
religion or belief
634
Redundancy: your rights
37
2,236
2,254
634-38
age
634
Redundancy: your rights
38
2,255
2,258
634-39
your membership or non-membership of a trade union
634
Redundancy: your rights
39
2,259
2,309
634-40
health and safety activities
634
Redundancy: your rights
40
2,310
2,338
634-41
working pattern, for example part-time or fixed-term employees
634
Redundancy: your rights
41
2,339
2,401
634-42
maternity leave, birth or pregnancy
634
Redundancy: your rights
42
2,402
2,437
634-43
paternity leave, parental or dependants leave
634
Redundancy: your rights
43
2,438
2,483
634-44
you’re exercising your statutory rights
634
Redundancy: your rights
44
2,484
2,523
634-45
whistleblowing, for example making disclosures about your employer’s wrongdoing
634
Redundancy: your rights
45
2,524
2,603
634-46
taking part in lawful industrial action lasting 12 weeks or less
634
Redundancy: your rights
46
2,604
2,668
634-47
taking action on health and safety grounds
634
Redundancy: your rights
47
2,669
2,711
634-48
doing jury service
634
Redundancy: your rights
48
2,712
2,730
634-49
you’re the trustee of a company pension scheme
634
Redundancy: your rights
49
2,731
2,777
634-50
Appealing the decision
634
Redundancy: your rights
50
2,778
2,800
634-51
You can appeal if you feel that you’ve been unfairly selected. Write to your employer explaining the reasons.
634
Redundancy: your rights
51
2,801
2,910
634-52
You may be able to make a claim to an employment tribunal for unfair dismissal.
634
Redundancy: your rights
52
2,911
2,990
634-53
Voluntary redundancy
634
Redundancy: your rights
53
2,991
3,011
634-54
It’s up to your employer whether they actually select you if you volunteer for redundancy.
634
Redundancy: your rights
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3,012
3,102
634-55
Your employer cannot just offer voluntary redundancy to age groups eligible for an early retirement package - this could be unlawful age discrimination.
634
Redundancy: your rights
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3,103
3,255
634-56
However, an early retirement package (for certain age groups) could be one element of a voluntary redundancy offer open to all employees.
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Redundancy: your rights
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3,256
3,393
634-57
Apprentices
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Redundancy: your rights
57
3,394
3,405
634-58
Talk to your manager and training provider if you’re an apprentice and you’re worried about being made redundant.
634
Redundancy: your rights
58
3,406
3,519
634-59
Your training provider or the National Apprenticeship Service might be able to help you find another employer to help you complete your apprenticeship.
634
Redundancy: your rights
59
3,520
3,671
634-60
Apprenticeships are different in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Redundancy: your rights
60
3,672
3,742
634-61
Redundancy pay
634
Redundancy: your rights
61
3,743
3,757
634-62
You’ll normally be entitled to statutory redundancy pay if you’re an employee and you’ve been working for your current employer for 2 years or more.
634
Redundancy: your rights
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3,758
3,906
634-63
You’ll get:
634
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3,907
3,918
634-64
half a week’s pay for each full year you were under 22
634
Redundancy: your rights
64
3,919
3,973
634-65
one week’s pay for each full year you were 22 or older, but under 41
634
Redundancy: your rights
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3,974
4,042
634-66
one and half week’s pay for each full year you were 41 or older
634
Redundancy: your rights
66
4,043
4,106
634-67
Length of service is capped at 20 years.
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Redundancy: your rights
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4,107
4,147
634-68
Your weekly pay is the average you earned per week over the 12 weeks before the day you got your redundancy notice.
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Redundancy: your rights
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4,148
4,263
634-69
If you were paid less than usual because you were ‘on furlough’ because of coronavirus, your redundancy pay is based on what you would have earned normally.
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Redundancy: your rights
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4,264
4,420
634-70
If you were made redundant on or after 6 April 2021, your weekly pay is capped at £544 and the maximum statutory redundancy pay you can get is £16,320. If you were made redundant before 6 April 2021, these amounts will be lower.
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Redundancy: your rights
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4,421
4,649
634-71
Calculate your redundancy pay.
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Redundancy: your rights
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4,650
4,680
634-72
Redundancy pay (including any severance pay) under £30,000 is not taxable.
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Redundancy: your rights
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4,681
4,755
634-73
Your employer will deduct tax and National Insurance contributions from any wages or holiday pay they owe you.
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4,756
4,866
634-74
Exceptions
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Redundancy: your rights
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4,867
4,877
634-75
You’re not entitled to statutory redundancy pay if:
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Redundancy: your rights
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4,878
4,929
634-76
your employer offers to keep you on
634
Redundancy: your rights
76
4,930
4,965
634-77
your employer offers you suitable alternative work which you refuse without good reason
634
Redundancy: your rights
77
4,966
5,053
634-78
Being dismissed for misconduct does not count as redundancy, so you would not get redundancy pay if this happened.
634
Redundancy: your rights
78
5,054
5,168
634-79
You’re not entitled to statutory redundancy pay if you fall into one or more of the following categories:
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Redundancy: your rights
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5,169
5,274