Is My Redundancy Legal? — Free UK Redundancy Legality Checker

Answer 8 simple yes/no questions to find out whether your redundancy may be legally unfair under current UK employment law. You will receive a personalised GREEN, AMBER, or RED result with recommended next steps.

What Makes a Redundancy Legally Unfair?

A redundancy can be legally unfair if your employer failed to follow a proper process. Common reasons include: no genuine consultation before the decision was made; unfair or discriminatory selection criteria; failure to consider alternative roles; selecting someone because they are pregnant, disabled, or a trade union member; or dismissing someone with fewer than the required notice periods.

The 8 Areas This Checker Covers

• Whether a genuine consultation process took place
• Whether you were given proper notice or pay in lieu
• Whether the selection criteria were objective and fair
• Whether you were given the right to be accompanied at meetings
• Whether alternative roles were considered
• Whether you have been employed for two or more years
• Whether a protected characteristic may have influenced your selection
• Whether you were on maternity, paternity or adoption leave when selected

What Happens After?

A GREEN result means your redundancy appears to have followed proper procedure. An AMBER result means there are potential concerns worth investigating. A RED result means there are strong indicators that your redundancy may be legally challengeable — and you should seek advice from an employment solicitor or contact ACAS immediately.

Remember: you have only 3 months less one day from your last day of employment to start an ACAS Early Conciliation claim before going to an Employment Tribunal.