Was the illegal?

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Hello, is there anyone with employment law/ HR knowledge around?

Just under 2 years a go I was made redundant from a job I loved and worked really hard at. At the time the union was involved and were pressing me to look at unfair dismissal because the redundancy wasn't carried out properly, for example the union said they hadn't been notified.

The redundancy caused me a lot of headache and affected me in many ways, I actually had a miscarriage in the middle of the process. Which is why I'm wondering if I'm just looking for someone to blame rather the answer to my question.

About 3 months before the redundancy was announced, the manager who made us redundant asked to go through our job description and highlight the bits of our roles that we did and highlight the bits we did as a team. I was made redundant alongside 2 others.

The redundancy was done through a staffing restructure, where the previous jobs were chopped and changed to make new jobs but basically covered the same duties.

My questions is; was this legal? If it wasn't, I would like to know how to go about raising this through proper channels. If it was I'll shut up and move on with my life.

The other questionable point raised by the union was that it was only the female staff made redundant whilst the male retained his role.

Thank you for your time.

If your union was encouraging you to take an unfair dismissal claim then it is very likely that you would have had a case. However you did not proceed. However there are very tight deadlines for industrial tribunal claims and you are well outside them. So basically yes, probably there was a case but now too late to do anything.

A restructure can lead to redundancies. If fewer staff are required those eligible can be interviewed for, or in some cases directly offered, new roles if they are deemed sufficiently similar ( ie. level, responsibilities, job spec). The existing roles are made redundant.

If there was lack of consultation, you were the only female and pregnant then yes, there were questions to be asked. But you are massively out of timescales so there are no channels to raise it through. You would have needed to take your unions advice at the time.
You will now need to let it go.

Thank you for the replies. I didn't take the unions advice at the time because I was very unwell and stressed. I'm going to lay the experience to rest and move on.