Redundancy

New trigger for collective redundancy consultation
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that the trigger for collective consultation is 20 or more redundancies across the employer’s business rather than by reference to each of the employer’s sites (or “establishments”).

In the case of Capita Hartshead Limited v Ms Byard, Ms Byard was employed by Hartshead as an actuary. The number of her clients diminished so she was not left with enough work for a full-time role. This reduction was not due to Ms Byard’s performance but because some of the pension schemes she worked on had been wound up or Hartshead had lost the client.