Overview

With headlines heralding loses of 490,000 public sector jobs and the general tightening of the government purse strings as a result of the spending review, both private and public sector businesses alike may be reviewing headcount and redundancy policies.

Whilst there is hope that the private sector may benefit from David Cameron’s self-styled “pro-enterprise attitude”, a more pessimistic – or as some might describe it, realistic - view shows a fragile economic recovery, with government contracts and funding drying up.

This roundup of some key redundancy case law from Nabarro focuses on how collective consultation works, how you must select and consult for redundancy, how you should handle re-deployment and what it will cost the business.