Redundancies: Practical Employer Guidance

Introduction

The law relating to redundancy is an area that comes up almost on a daily basis for our RDJ Employment Team. Whether a business is re-structuring, re-sizing or reducing their workforce, the potential redundancy of certain roles will have to be considered. Navigating this area of the law can be tricky for employers and redundancies not effected in line with the legislation can be costly, both in financial and reputational terms. Employees can challenge both the redundancy decision and also the process used to affect the redundancy by way of a statutory claim to the Workplace Relations Commission ("the WRC").

The purpose of this Insight is to provide a comprehensive overview of the law in this area and to outline the key elements of a redundancy process to be considered by employers where redundancies are in contemplation, whether collective or individual redundancies.