A role is made redundant not the person. A role is redundant where the work which the employee was employed to do has ceased or diminished. This could, for example, arise due to the employer moving premises or because of a decrease in workload. The redundancy process should be fair and unbiased. This should entail warning and consultation before a decision to dismiss is taken.

If there are employees doing the same job as you or similar and they were retained, then check to see if you were put in a selection pool with them and the selection criteria was marked fairly. Fair consultation also includes exploring with you suitable alternative employment within the organisation. Was there a vacancy in the organisation which you could do but were not offered it?

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