Zero hours contract to avoid redundancy pay?

[ThankyouPeter]

Hi, my husband will either be made redundant or can move to a zero hours contract doing the same job. Am I right in thinking that if he agrees to the zero hours he won't get his redundancy pay and has effectively voluntarily changed his contract terms?

[flowery]

Yes, if his employment continues with his hours changing to zero/completely flexible, he is not entitled to redundancy pay.

If his employment ends and he accepts a contract to become a casual worker, he would still be entitled to redundancy pay.

If his employer are offering this option, he should check the contract they are offering, including whether employment will continue.

[Elisheva]

You might want to seek further advice about this. If his post is being made redundant then he cannot then continue doing the same job on a zero hours contract.

[ThankyouPeter]

Thanks very much for your replies. We will definitely need to look in to both those issues. He has a meeting next week so will make sure he gets the answers. Thanks again