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HR Advice Please

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sadstar · 31/07/2004 14:32

Sadly I am being made redundant from a job that I have done for a number of years. Redundancy payments etc. are all above aboard and more than statutory, however, I am wanting some advice about how an employee should be consulted. I had an initial meeting to explain options open to me basically redundancy or relocation (which isn't possible for me). Most of my colleagues have all had another meeting with a representative from the new company to discuss their skills, be told that there is a job for them etc, but I haven't. They do not have my role at the new location and therefore have taken my job title rather than talking to me about what other roles I could do (I have performed other roles in the company). Have another meeting this week just to be told what date I will be redundant from. Basically, is this fair to discriminate against my job title without consulting me about what other options could be open to me? At the initial meeting with new company, I did not tell them that I would not relocate, saying I was keeping an open mind (only my HR manager knows that I am unable to). Thanks for advice.

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Chepstow1 · 17/08/2004 21:44

Hi - sorry to hear your news. You can be made redundant on technical, organisational, or locational grounds. In your situation it sounds as though your redundancy discussions have come about due to the fact that your job is relocating (locational) and that there is not a job for you in the new location under a new organisation (organisational). You employer can re organise and remove your role in the new location, this is legal, but should take the time to exhaust all possibilities to minimise the numbers of redundancies by looking at options for you such as re training etc for you to try and find an alternative. Your employer is taking a risk by not clarifying that you will or will not relocate, and should really ask you to clarify in writing if you will or will not relocate, and if you will, talk to you about any potential retraining options (even if that is to say there are none, and close this loop with you. They are not however doing anything totally illegal, just not handling this very professionally. Do you have a union or employee representative you can raise this with, they may be able to support you through this.

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