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Winning compensation for employees for Redundancy

If you are made redundant you are entitled to a basic minimum payment from your employer by law, although your Employment Contract may provide for a more generous payment.

In order to claim a redundancy payment you must:  Have been employed by your employer for at least 2 years. 

There are 3 ways you can be made redundant: 

1. If your employer closes the business

2 If the place where you work closes down or is relocated

3. If your employer no longer needs you to do work of a particular type. 

In addition to your redundancy pay you are also entitled to the statutory minimum notice pay or contractual notice pay which ever is the higher.  If your employer wants you to go straight away you may be entitled to payment in lieu of notice.

Unfair Redundancy
You may be able to bring a claim for unfair dismissal if you were unfairly selected for redundancy.

Consultation is a key factor in deciding whether the selection process was fair or not and is particularly important where a large number of employees are being made redundant.

To justify a redundancy decision your employer must use fair and objective selection criteria.  If this did not happen in your case you might have a claim.