The Employment Rights Act 1996 sets out that one of the situations where a redundancy situation will exist is where the requirements of the employer for employees to carry out work of a particular kind have ceased or diminished. This can be shown by a reduction in the number of employees or in the total working hours.
Employers will often seek to make costs savings by merging teams and departments. Does this give rise to a redundancy situation?
Employers will often seek to make costs savings by merging teams and departments. Does this give rise to a redundancy situation?