employment law

[silverdaler]

If there is nothing in your job contract relating to being 'laid off', is an employer allowed to lay off ANY of his employees, regardless of whether they are the last one in, if work is quiet. Do they have to lay off everyone who does a similar job to prevent discrimination ????
How long can they be kept off ?
Thank you.

[Buenchico]

There' some useful information here:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employe es/RedundancyAndLeavingYourJob/DG_10026693

For more detailed advice, I suggest phoning the ACAS helpline (referred to under 'Where to get help').

Chris

[starmack]

In Irish law it would usually be expected that provision for lay off had to be written into terms.
Consult citizens advice centre locally.

[cascarelli]

If you really do mean being 'laid off' i.e. not redundancy etc then, yes, it does have to be written into the contract to give the employer the power to do this otherwise it will be seen as constructive dismissal.

There are also guaranteed payments that still have to be made if a person is laid off, �19.60 per day up to a maximum of �98 in a 3 month period.

If the lay off lasts more than 4 weeks or more than 6 in a 24 week period then the employees can claim redundancy.

All this is if the employees have more than 12 months continuous service.

Hope this helps.

[silverdaler]

thank you all