Key Considerations When Making Visa Holders Redundant

Once a business has reached the difficult decision that redundancies are unfortunately required, a question we are often asked is if an employee with a visa can be made redundant?

The simple answer is that yes they can. The fact that an employee needs a visa to carry out their role does not mean that they should be treated more (or less) favourably than another employee in the same position, but employers should be mindful that when some visa holders are made redundant, as well as losing their job, they are often losing their right to live and work in the UK.

This will not be the case for all visa holders and the impact that redundancy will have, will depend on the type of visa that the employee holds.