Volunteers for redundancy were dismissed

• Authors:
• Kim Pattullo
• Sheila Gunn
• Blair Adams

In Optare Group Ltd v Transport and General Workers' Union the EAT has confirmed that employees who volunteered for redundancy as part of a redundancy exercise are to be included in the total number of employees proposed to be dismissed for the purposes of collective consultation.

Background

Optare announced plans to make redundancies. As the proposals were to dismiss fewer than 20 employees they did not believe that they were under a duty to consult. Optare selected 17 employees for compul... (217 more words)

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