Letting people go

These regulations set out rules and procedures around letting people go, from notice of termination to redundancy payments.

You can find the regulations that relate to letting people go below to the left.

Collective Redundancies (Amendment) Regulations 2006

This regulation implements a European Court of Justice judgement to clarify the steps an employer must take before issuing dismissal notices in large-scale redundancies

 EU regulation

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Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 1995

The Regulations require the employer to consult either elected representatives of the employees or representatives of a recognised trade union where there are to be redundancies or a transfer of an undertaking. They also limit the requirement to consult about redundancies to cases where at least 20 redundancies are proposed. The Regulations also provide protection for elected representatives against dismissal and against being subjected to any other detriment and confer on them a right to time off with pay to carry out their functions.

 EU regulation

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Redundancy Payments (Exemption) (No 1) Order 1969,

Schemes authorised by the Secretary of State for Employment under Section 157 Employment Rights Act 1996. These schemes are a substitute for the statutory payments under the Employment Rights Act 1996 and are at least as high as them.

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Redundancy Payments (Exemption) (No 1) Order 1970,

Schemes authorised by the Secretary of State for Employment under Section 157 Employment Rights Act 1996. These schemes are a substitute for the statutory payments under the Employment Rights Act 1996 and are at least as high as them.

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Redundancy Payments (Exemption) Order 1980

This order exempts employees of certain governing bodies of Lancashire County Council from a statutory redundancy scheme.

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Redundancy Payments Office Holders Regulations 1965,

These Regulations apply, with the necessary modifications, the Redundancy Payments Act 1965 to the office holders specified therein.

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Redundancy Payments Termination of Employment Regulations 1965,

These Regulations apply, with the necessary modifications, the Redundancy Payments Act 1965 to a chief constable or a chief or assistant chief officer of a fire brigade who becomes redundant as a result of an amalgamation of police forces or combination of fire brigades.

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Unfair Dismissal and Statement of Reasons for Dismissal (Variation of Qualifying Period) Order 1999,

This order lowered the qualifying period of continuous employment needed to acquire the right not to be unfairly dismissed from two years to one year. It also lowered the qualifying period of continuous employment needed for the entitlement , on request, to a written statement of reasons for dismissal from two years to one year and the relevant transitional arrangements for both.

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714 comments on “Letting people go

  1. Josy Thompson on said:

    I think it is very unfair that people on maternity leave continue to accrue holiday. This is costing us an extra 28 days wages for every member of staff on maternity leave, and as we mostly employ women of child bearing age, who love children (children’s day nurseries), this has a massive impact on our wages bill. They are not working and therefore should not be entitled to paid leave on top of their 12 months offComment Tags: Maternity

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