This includes appropriate consultations with the staff, trade union or employee representatives and the consideration of alternatives to compulsory redundancy which could include
offering voluntary redundancy or alternative roles, recruitment freezes or reduced hours.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has
offered voluntary redundancy to all of its London secretarial staff, in a move that affects roughly 180 individuals.
Not exact matches
Should the proposal be accepted, around 7 % of support staff would lose their jobs, with the firm confirming that
voluntary redundancy enhancements have been
offered to all affected staff.
A spokesperson said the 50 roles represented 15 % of the firm's secretarial and direct support staff, meaning that the
voluntary redundancy offer has been put to approximately 330 employees.
However, more secretaries opted to take
voluntary redundancy than were required, with 41 taking up the
offer, equating to a reduction of 30.3 full - time equivalent (FTE) roles.