If you are a SME in the process of making a redundancy where you have a ‘pool’ of one and you think that the procedure you are using is fair and reasonable because you only employ one person in that specific role, you will still have to ensure that you applied the ‘range of reasonable responses test’. In non-legal jargon this means that you have considered whether a pool of one is appropriate, i.e. do other employees carry out a similar role.
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Monthly Archive August 2012
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AugHow and when to ‘lay-off’ or place employees on ‘short time’ working
In some industries work is seasonal and employees expect a short lay off and/or ‘short time’ working period per year to cater for this, most employees use this period to take their annual leave. Unfortunately for the majority of businesses laying staff off or putting them on short time hours has resulted from the challenging economic climate.
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AugDealing with retirement post 1 October 2011
Last year we saw the abolishment of the default retirement age; which has caused much confusion with employers particularly in respect to whether or not they would be justified in having a fixed age for retirement.
Employers now essentially have to either:
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