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Redundancy: The Law and Practice (4th Edition) explores redundancy law in England and Wales from a practical and analytical standpoint, comprehensively covering individual redundancy, unfair dismissal, contractual redundancy schemes, discrimination, voluntary severance arrangements, and collective redundancies.
List of contents
- Part 1 Introductory Observations and the Redundancy Payments Scheme
- Introduction
- 1: Qualifying Factors
- 2: The Requirement of Dismissal
- 3: The Definition of Redundancy
- 4: Re-Employment
- 5: Death of An Employer or Employee
- 6: Lay-Off and Short-Time Working
- 7: Misconduct and Strikes
- 8: Claiming and Calculating
- Part 2 Employment Protection Rights Associated with Redundancy
- 9: 1. Guarantee Payments and Time Off to Look for Work or Training
- Part 3 Unfair Dismissal
- 10: Redundancy and Unfair Dismissal
- Part 4 Information and Consultation
- 11: Information and Consultation on Multiple Redundancies
- Part 5 Contractual Schemes
- 12: Contractual Redundancy Schemes
- Appendices
- 1: Redundancy Payment Ready Reckoner
- 2: Redundancy Selection Matrix
- 3: Specimen Letter: Informing Trade Unions and/or Employee Representatives and Initiating Consultation on Collective Redundancies Pursuant to TULRCA 1992, section 188
- 4: Specimen Letter: To Affected Employees Inviting Them to Elect Representatives
- 5: Specimen Letter/Notice: Informing all Employees of Redundancy Proposals
- 6: Specimen Letter: Informing Individual Employee of Proposed Selection for Redundancy
- 7: Specimen Letter: To Individual Employee Informing Him of Final Selection for Redundancy
- 8: Form HR1 (Advance Notification of Redundancies)
- 9: Form RP1 (Redundancy Payments: Claims from the National Insurance Fund)
About the author
John McMullen, MA, PhD, FCIPD, FRSA; is one of the UK's leading employment lawyers. He is a Partner at Spencer West LLP and is also Visiting Professor of Law at Leeds University Business School, Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change.
Summary
Redundancy: The Law and Practice (4th Edition) explores redundancy law in England and Wales from a practical and analytical standpoint, comprehensively covering individual redundancy, unfair dismissal, contractual redundancy schemes, discrimination, voluntary severance arrangements, and collective redundancies.
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This is without doubt a definitive guide to redundancy law. It is exceptionally detailed, covering everything that any practitioner could every really need to know in relation to this sometimes challenging subject. It is packed with cases, checklists and guidance, including ready reckoners for the purposes of working out payments, a sample selection matrix and template letters for every conceivable situation.
