Collective Redundancy: Established law on ‘establishment’ overturned

Stephen Levinson considers the fallout from the EAT’s decision in the Woolworths litigation ‘The EAT held that the words “at one establishment” in s188(i) could and should be ignored and held that each worker previously excluded should receive a protective award.’ As has been widely publicised, the law on collective redundancies has been reshaped in …
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Collective Redundancy: Restructuring the consultation rules

Dan Aherne and Libby Payne contemplate the courts’ and the government’s attempts to address difficulties with the law on consulting employees about collective redundancies ‘In this article, we consider how four recent decisions have sought to address ambiguities in the existing collective consultation legislation and the potential for reform following the call for evidence.’ In …
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