Redundancy Criteria

[A1Mikey]

If a company had too many admin assistants and it was thinking about making some of them redundant, does any one know the usual criteria the company would use to make its decision?.

[Buenchico]

See here:
http://www.direct.gov...edundancy/DG_10029832

Chris

[tamborine]

Companies want best value staff....often graduates for their youth, qualifications and knowing their desperation of needing to clear uni debts.

[buildersmate]

There are no 'usual' criteria.
Chris' link isn't bad, but focuses on what criteria an employer can't use - because it would be classed as unfair.
Apart from excluding those ones, an employer can pretty much select whatever criteria it likes - whilst checking that indirect discrimination would not occur.

[dothawkes31]

having been through redundancy recently, first during feb/march when it was reducing hours and then full redundamncy because of closure, the company highlighted that they traditionally use the last in first out when looking for shedding staff, they eventually closed the dept altogether after doing the earlier shedding though.

[CheekyChops]

I don't think many Companies use the 'last in, first out' thing now. I have been made redundant 3 times and each time it was different.

1st time, people were selected after various things had been looked at including their experience, skills, appraisals, sickness records etc.
2nd time the whole department closed down so everybody went.
3rd time, we had 3 administrators and only needed 2 so all 3 of us had to apply for the 2 remaining jobs and all three of us were interviewed - I lost out.

[buildersmate]

That's right CC, it is getting very problematic to use because it can imply indirect discrimination.

[thugulike]

What course are you doing Mikey?

[A1Mikey]

Thanks everyone, at least I will know what to expect if the worst comes to the worst.