EAT REDUNDANCY
Definition
Collective consultation and information
TULRA ss.188 and 195. Collective consultations. Fixed term contracts. Dismissals for reason that employees under fixed term contracts had entered into those contracts accepting that they were finite and would come to an end at a particular date or at the end of a specified project. On appeal, EAT held that Employment Tribunal had been wrong to conclude that s.188 applied. On the facts, the employees had been dismissed for a reason relating to them as individuals.
Judges:
Lady Smith
Citations:
[2011] UKEAT 0001 – 11 – 0811, [2012] ICR 803, [2012] IRLR 266, [2012] ELR 398
Links:
Statutes:
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal from – University College Union v The University of Stirling SCS 14-Jan-2014
(Extra Division Inner House) The University was considering making redudancies. The Union argued that when considering the level of consultation needed, the number of qualifying employees should include those on limited term contracts, and ‘This in . .
At EAT – University and College Union v The University of Stirling SC 29-Apr-2015
The University needed to reduce its staff. They and the Union disputed whether research assistants on limited term contracts would simply cease to be employd as their terms concluded, or were entitled to be made redudant.
Held: The appeal was . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Employment, Scotland
Updated: 01 November 2022; Ref: scu.460384