Redundancy: remember consultation and age discrimination

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• CMS Cameron McKenna

Today, it’s vital to take account of the laws on informing and consulting on collective redundancies, and the need to remove or justify any age discriminatory features of redundancy selection or enhanced redundancy pay. The cost of getting it wrong can be enormous.

If you are proposing to make 20 or more redundancies at one establishment within a 90 day period, you must go through a 30 day period of information and consultation with trade union or employee representatives before givin... (231 more words)

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