Redundancy
Redundancy has to be genuine, and your employer has to follow a fair process. Often they don’t.
How we can help
- Checking whether there is a genuine redundancy situation at all
- Reviewing how you were selected, and whether the criteria were fair
- Making sure you were properly consulted before any decision was made
- Checking your redundancy pay, notice and outstanding holiday have been calculated correctly
- Advising on alternative roles your employer should have offered you
- Challenging the dismissal where the process was a sham
What happens next
- Send us the consultation letters, the selection criteria and your contract.
- We’ll tell you whether the process was lawful and what your options are.
- If it wasn’t, we’ll help you challenge it — internally first, or at tribunal if necessary.
Fees for this work
Fixed fee for a review of your redundancy package and process. Check whether your home insurance includes legal expenses cover.
Common questions
How much redundancy pay should I get?
Statutory redundancy pay depends on your age, weekly pay and length of service, and weekly pay is capped for this calculation. Your contract may promise more. Many people are underpaid because their length of service or average pay has been calculated wrongly.
Can they make me redundant while I'm on maternity leave?
Redundancy during maternity leave is possible but heavily restricted, and employees in this position have enhanced rights to be offered any suitable alternative vacancy ahead of other candidates. Get advice quickly if this is happening to you.
What counts as proper consultation?
Meaningful discussion before the decision is made, at a point when your input could still change the outcome. Being told the decision and then invited to comment is not consultation. Where twenty or more roles are at risk, collective consultation rules apply and the timescales are much stricter.
I was offered a settlement agreement. Should I sign it?
Not until someone independent has read it. Your employer must pay for you to take legal advice on it, so it costs you nothing to have it checked — and settlement offers are frequently lower than the claim is worth.
Tell us what's happened
Confidential, reviewed by a solicitor, answered within one working day.