Course description
It is increasingly common for organisations to restructure. This could be due to the need to downsize, or it could be because the organisation is growing. Whatever the reason, the employees need to be managed lawfully.
This webinar will look at redundancy, variation of contract and TUPE - the three most common issues to be raised in a restructuring. It will also explore the issue of firing and rehiring and consider what is lawful and some of the associated pitfalls.
Speaker Kathy Daniels is a widely published author, and a regular speaker on employment law, and is a Lay Member of the Employment Tribunal, sitting in Birmingham. Be sure to tune in to benefit from her expertise on this topic.
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Introduction
It is increasingly common for organisations to restructure. This could be due to the need to downsize, or it could be because the organisation is growing. Whatever the reason, the employees need to be managed lawfully.
This webinar will look at redundancy, variation of contract and TUPE - the three most common issues to be raised in a restructuring. It will also explore the issue of firing and rehiring and consider what is lawful and some of the associated pitfalls.
What You Will Learn
This webinar will cover the following:
- Varying a contract of employment
- The process of consultation
- Options if consultation fails
- The use of mobility/flexibility clauses
- Avoiding constructive dismissal/unfair dismissal claims
- Redundancy
- Knowing when to start collective consultation
- Avoiding discrimination in the selection process
- Identifying suitable alternative employment
- Transfer of undertaking
- Identifying if employees are ‘assigned’ to the work that is transferring
- Fragmented services
- Recent case law
- Practical matters to think about when managing a restructure
- Fire and rehire - the new Code of Practice (and the future use, given the Labour government’s plans)
- Wider communication, outside the organisation
- Managing after the restructure has been completed
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