Carrying out redundancies incorrectly exposes your business to unfair dismissal claims, discrimination claims, and Employment Tribunal costs. This hub provides everything a UK employer needs to run a legally compliant redundancy process.
UK redundancy law is primarily governed by the Employment Rights Act 1996, the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, and the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures. The Employment Rights Act 2025 introduced further protections for employees on family leave and strengthened consultation requirements.
Step-by-step redundancy process guide: A complete walkthrough from initial planning through to final payments, with checklists for each stage.
Multi-employee redundancy pay calculator: Enter multiple employees at once and receive a total statutory pay liability summary — essential for budgeting a redundancy programme.
Employer compliance checker: Answer a series of questions about your process and receive a compliance rating with flagged risk areas.
Redundancy letter templates: Nine UK-compliant HR documents in Word format, including at-risk letters, consultation invitation letters, selection outcome letters, and appeal outcome letters.
Collective redundancy guide: If you are making 20 or more employees redundant, additional legal obligations apply — including mandatory HR1 notification to the Insolvency Service and minimum 30 or 45-day consultation periods.
The most common reasons employers lose unfair dismissal cases at tribunal: failing to run a genuine consultation process; using subjective selection criteria; not considering alternative roles; selecting employees based on protected characteristics; and failing to offer the right to be accompanied at formal meetings. Our tools help you avoid all of these.