Call for evidence outcome

Collective redundancy consultation rules: call for evidence

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Published: 23 November 2011

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This call for evidence has closed

Detail of outcome

The government used feedback from the call for evidence to develop proposals for the formal consultation on changes to the collective redundancies rules, published 21 June 2012.

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Original call for evidence

Summary

Call for evidence seeking to establish the advantages and disadvantages of the current rules on collective redundancy consultation.

This call for evidence ran from
23 November 2011 to 11:45pm on 31 January 2012

Call for evidence description

Through the Employment Law Review and the Red Tape Challenge, the government is seeking to ensure that employers and workers can negotiate their relationship with minimal government intervention.

In the Employment Law Review, employers said that current rules on collective redundancy consultation slow their ability to restructure effectively and can put future business success at risk.

Since 1975 the UK has had a minimum time period before redundancies can take place after a consultation begins. We are conducting this review due to:

• the increase in the pace of decision-making in all areas of life
• the need for the labour market to generate economic growth in a global economic downturn

The call for evidence considers:

• the consultation process, including the ability to reach agreement and the issue of establishment
• minimum periods for consultation and notification
• high impact redundancies
• Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) and insolvency legislation

Documents

Call for evidence: collective redundancy consultation rules

PDF, 302 KB, 40 pages

Published 23 November 2011