When commencing the redundancy selection process, you should consider the skills and personal qualities that will be needed in your reduced-sized workforce. You must use objective selection criteria, based on objective evidence. The FPB's redundancy selection template bundle will allow you to do this.

 

Score each employee in the pool and put the resulting score in numerical order. This gives you your list of employees at risk of redundancy.

 

Last in, first out should not be used as it is potentially discriminatory on age/service grounds.

 

This template bundle is in a downloadable Microsoft Word format and has 19 pages. This bundle contains the following templates:

• Redundancy Selection – Specific Criteria (5.3T)
  
• Redundancy Selection Criteria Form (5.4T)
  
• Fair Redundancy Procedure Flowchart
  
• Redundancy letter 1 – Notifying workforce of possible redundancies
  
• Redundancy letter 2 – Acceptance of application for voluntary redundancy
  
• Redundancy letter 3 – Rejection of application for voluntary redundancy
  
• Redundancy letter 4 – Confirming redundancy situation – selection procedure
  (When fewer than 20 employees are affected)
  
• Redundancy letter 5 – Confirming redundancy situation – selection procedure
  (When more than 20 employees are affected)
  
• Redundancy letter 6 – Invitation to redundancy meeting
  
• Redundancy letter 7 – Confirmation of redundancy dismissal
  
• Redundancy letter 8 – Confirmation of redundancy after appeal
  
• Redundancy letter 9 – Notification of redundancy appeal hearing
  
• Redundancy letter 10 – Acceptance of appeal against redundancy