Redundancy: reasonable refusal of a suitable alternative job

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• Steptoe & Johnson LLP

In Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection v. Ward (2008) the employee had become disillusioned with the handling of the redundancy process, partly because of her employer’s lack of clarity and refusal to discuss the details of the alternative job on offer. She also perceived the alternative job as involving a significant loss of status.

The Tribunal found that the job did not involve any loss of status and was “on balance” suitable, but the employee had not been un... (105 more words)

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