Redundancy

[zubin]

The organisation I work is currently looking at the prospect of having to make staff redundant, there are 8 full time equivalent roles at risk, 1 of which is currently filled by 2 part time staff. We are looking at having to lose 18 hours a week delivery time, which is the equivalent of a part time role. We have been advised we can just put the 2 part timers at risk but would we have to put everybody at risk as the 18 hours could be taken off a full time role not just through the loss of a part time post - I hope this makes sense!

[Marlinspike]

...and your question or point is?

[zubin]

The question is - do all the staff have to go up as being at risk of redundancy or can we, as advised, just put the 2 part time staff as it's 18 hours a week of staff hours we need to reduce?

[flowery]

Are you the employer in this situation? If so, please don't make decisions about your employees' jobs/lives based on asking for advice on a parenting forum.

No professional worth their salt would advise you who to put at risk of redundancy based on such little information anyway, and you owe it to both your staff and yourself to get proper professional advice, so that they are treated fairly and you don't end up in a tribunal.

[Marlinspike]

Sorry Zubin - I should read things a bit more thoroughly!

I don't think you could just put the part timers at risk - this would be discriminatory to them. You would need to put everyone in the redundancy pool and define your selection criteria. These should be a range, not simply "last in, first out".

[mollymole]

if you need to reduce 18 staff hours a week why can't you all share it between you and everyone keep their jobs but with less hours

[louvert]

I totally agree with flowery. I get a lot of info from this forum but redundancy is incredibly tricky. I'm dealing with a similar number of people at risk at present and I've already had about three hours of really in depth advice with someone who's been assigned to us for the whole process - and I've only just started the process. I think it's so important to engage proper advice for something like this. Your op sounds like you might have a formal advisor already, and if you do I'd be following what they tell you.