Originally broadcast on Monday, April 16, 2012 - 12:30

With bleak economic projections for the coming year, many businesses will have to significantly decrease their workforce. As a result, the high number of collective redundancies is likely to be maintained or even increase. Whilst these may be an effective way of ensuring that costs are cut, there are many obstacles which may give rise to remuneration or cases of unfair dismissal. In order to avoid these financial sanctions it is essential to understand the complexities and nuances involved in this area of law.

Throughout this indispensable and timely webinar, our panel of expert speakers will analyse the intricate issues, whilst keeping you updated on the implications of the most recent case law.

This webinar will cover:

• When does the duty to consult arise?
• Planning for consultation – how many reps, what constituencies, who are the reps, elections, preparing communications
• Training reps and setting ground and admin rules for the consultation
• The first meeting – provision of information and the starting of the process
• Dealing with volunteers, selection and suitable alternative employment
• Tricky issues – rogue reps, mixed union and employee reps, maintaining good and timely communications with the workforce etc
• Handling grievances during a redundancy process
• When and how to finish collective consultation
• When are redundancy terms incorporated by custom and practice? When can one depart from policies?
• Case law update