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• Check if your redundancy is fair

  Find out if your employer can make you redundant, including if your workplace moves or closes. Check what's fair if you're sick, pregnant or on holiday.

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  • Leaving a job

• Preparing for after redundancy

  Use your right to paid time off to look for work, and make sure you get all the money you're entitled to.

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  • Leaving a job

• Choosing voluntary redundancy

  Work out if voluntary redundancy is right for you, and know when it affects benefits, mortgage protection or early retirement.

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  • Leaving a job

• Fair reasons for redundancy

  Get advice on redundancy selection criteria, including the pool and what reasons for redundancy are automatically unfair.

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  • Check if your redundancy is fair

• Fair redundancy process

  Get advice on your employer's redundancy consultation, including the procedures they should follow and when you've been treated unfairly.

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  • Check if your redundancy is fair

• Your notice period during redundancy

  Find out what notice pay you get and how long your contractual or statutory notice period should be, including if you get garden leave or pay in lieu of notice.

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• Discrimination during redundancy

  Check when your employer might have discriminated against you if they make you redundant, including victimisation.

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  • Check if your redundancy is fair

• Challenge your redundancy

  If your redundancy is unfair, challenge your employer by negotiating, starting Acas early conciliation or taking your employer to an employment tribunal.

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  • Leaving a job

• Make sure your redundancy is genuine

  Check what reasons your employer can give for making you redundant. Find out about signs that your redundancy might not be genuine.

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  • Check if your redundancy is fair

• Check how much redundancy pay you can get

  Find out if you can get redundancy pay, and check what contractual or statutory redundancy payments you'll get.

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  • Leaving a job