Redundancy: when is it a fair dismissal?

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• Steptoe & Johnson LLP

In Hope v. Jordan Engineering Limited (2008), Ms Hope had been employed since 1995 as a payroll accounts supervisor. Her employer carried out a redundancy exercise in late 2006 when it was decided that only one part-time administrator post was required. Another employee also worked part-time in that role. Ms Hope was put in a selection pool consisting of herself, a full-time employee and the part-time employee.

During consultation she made it clear that she did not want to accept the part-t... (282 more words)

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