A survey of 2,097 British businesses published by Acas has revealed that 37% of employers are likely to make redundancies over the next three months. 56% of respondents were unlikely to make redundancies and 7% did not know. Of the large businesses surveyed (those employing more than 250 employees), 60% were likely to make redundancies, 33% were unlikely to do so and 7% did not know.
The survey, carried out by YouGov, revealed that of those participants who were likely to make redundancies, 27% were planning to do so more remotely (by video call or phone) and 33% were planning to do so more face-to-face, with 33% planning to use a mixture of both.
One in four (24%) participants stated that they were unaware of the law around consulting staff before making redundancies, a figure that increased to one in three (33%) in businesses with fewer than 50 workers.
If you need to make staff redundant and want all the tools, letters, documents and advice to follow a fair redundancy process then take a look at my Redundancy Toolkit.
Written by Steven Mather, a business solicitor acting on company sales and purchases. This is general information about the law, not legal advice on your situation.
