There are of course other obligations and protections which derive from EU law, such as the Data Protection Act 1998, and collective
redundancy consultation requirements.
Not exact matches
To remain fair the
redundancy must also be procedurally correct which involves the use of appropriate selection criteria, identification of the selection pool, due
consultation, adherence to relevant contractual matters and an overriding
requirement that the
redundancy is proven to be genuine.
However, the present position is that the
consultation requirements for collective
redundancy must be implemented where 20 or more employees may be dismissed across all sites of the business.
For businesses contemplating a collective
redundancy of 20 or more employees, there are various statutory
consultation requirements that must be followed.