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HR Guru: The ins and outs of redundancy

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Imogen Edmunds, managing director of Redwing Solutions, which specialises in HR for early years settings, on the redundancy process.

From time to time, businesses have to reflect on whether they have a continuing need for a role or if they have more people than is required.

I’ve had many a conversation with a worried nursery owner about whether they can cope with reduced demand for places between September and December as they have lost children to school. Under Section 139 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, redundancy arises when the employer ceases or intends to cease the business for which the employee was employed, or when the requirement for the employee to carry out work of a particular kind (or in a particular place) has or is likely to diminish.

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