Redundancy and Restructuring
There are many reasons that lead to businesses needing to restructure and/or make redundancies.
The current economy, rising costs and the ongoing effects of Brexit are all continuing to affect employers. Businesses also evolve and change and from time to time may require a restructure to ensure operational efficiency.
Whatever the reason driving the changes behind your business, our team of legal experts will help guide you through the process – from contemplating potential business changes and assisting with the correct strategy, to advising on the procedure and identifying and minimising any legal risks.
Ensuring you are implementing the correct strategy to address the issues your business is facing is essential. We go beyond the law in ensuring your business implements the right strategic plan to reach its goals. Not all restructures need to result in redundancies, and it is important for organisations to remember that costs savings alone will not always justify a redundancy. We work with organisations to understand the problems, the end goal, and assist in ensuring the correct strategy is identified to address those issues in a cost-effective way.
Restructure
Restructuring your staff to meet the changing demands of the business can be a complicated task. Our team of experts work closely with your business to understand the reasons driving the requirement to restructure, where the difficulties may arise, and to create a proposed new structure that will retain key talent whilst ensuring there is a strong business case if the restructure leads to a potential loss of jobs. We will then work with you to design a step by step process to implement the new structure – including drafting business communications, assisting with consultation procedures and documentation, and minimising any risks that may arise.
Redundancy
We work with your team to ensure that all aspects of a redundancy process are considered and addressed effectively and to minimise any risk of claims by employees.
This includes:
- Choosing employees for redundancy in a fair way (using fair and non-discriminatory section criteria)
- Consulting with employees – what information should be provided, how to communicate that information and how to consult in a procedurally fair manner
- Collective Consultation – simplifying the complex procedural rules that employers must follow
- The use of settlement agreements during a redundancy situation
- Appeals and disputes during or following a redundancy consultation/dismissal
Get in touch
If you require any support with restructuring and redundancy, at any stage of the process, get in touch with our team.
