Redundancy rules still fraught despite changes
A Lancashire employment lawyer has warned larger companies that they will still need to follow the correct legal procedures despite a relaxation in redundancy rules.
The government has announced that from April 2013, businesses wanting to make large scale redundancies of more than 100 employees will only be required to hold a 45 day consultation period, rather than the usual 90 days.However, Roger Spence, employment partner at Harrison Drury, said that the new rules won’t change any of the usual procedures that apply when making people redundant.
