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Home » Running a Business » Legal advice » Redundancy of TUPE Staff

Redundancy of TUPE Staff

Hard decision: many small business owners are having to make people redundant

Ben Lobelby Delphine Hintz28 December 2008

I took on an employee under TUPE in April 08 but work has since dropped off. Can I legally make him redundant?

If you are in a situation where work of a particular kind has reduced then you can start redundancy consultation with all affected staff.

The fact that this individual was the subject of a TUPE transfer does not mean that he cannot be made redundant but you can’t select him because he was transferred. Redundancy is firstly about the post, not the post holder. 

You need to consult with all those carrying out the work that has been reduced to see if you can find an alternative to redundancy. Bear in mind that even if the post goes it does not necessarily mean that the post holder will go too.

You need to carefully identify the correct selection pool and identify selection criteria for compulsory redundancies if consultation gives you no alternatives to this.

If he is fairly selected for redundancy then you can make him redundant. But you will need to be able to demonstrate that this is for a legitimate reason and that he is not being dismissed for reasons relating to a transfer.

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Ben Lobel

Delphine Hintz

Ben Lobel was the editor of SmallBusiness.co.uk from 2010 to 2018. He specialises in writing for start-up and scale-up companies in the areas of finance, marketing and HR. More by Delphine Hintz

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