Employer Redundancy Legal Compliance Checker

Use this free checker to find out whether your redundancy process meets UK legal requirements. Answer a series of questions and receive a compliance rating with flagged risk areas and guidance on what to address.

Why Compliance Matters

Even technically genuine redundancies can become costly unfair dismissal claims if the process is flawed. Employment Tribunal awards for unfair dismissal can reach the statutory cap (currently £115,115 for 2025/26), plus the cost of legal fees and management time to defend the claim. For collective redundancies, a Protective Award can add up to 90 days' pay per employee on top of any unfair dismissal award.

The Key Compliance Areas This Checker Covers

• Whether the redundancy has a genuine business reason
• Whether the selection pool is fairly defined
• Whether objective, scored selection criteria were used and documented
• Whether meaningful individual consultation took place before any decision was made
• Whether employees were given the right to be accompanied at formal meetings
• Whether suitable alternative employment was properly considered and offered
• Whether the correct notice periods were applied
• Whether an appeal process was offered
• Whether collective consultation and HR1 obligations were triggered and met (for 20+ redundancies)

After the Check

You will receive a GREEN (compliant), AMBER (concerns to address), or RED (significant legal risk) rating. For each flagged area you will receive a plain-English explanation of the risk and what to do to fix it. If your process shows RED flags, consider consulting an employment law solicitor before proceeding — it is far cheaper to fix the process now than to defend a tribunal claim later.