Sayeeda Choudhury | Trainee

Tenants who have experienced disrepair to their property, often find themselves questioning how long will it take for the repairs to be completed. This is a question being asked more and more during recent times, primarily due to the restrictions placed on us as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the fact that may tenants are more often at home and so more aware of and adversely affected by disrepair in the home. It is extremely frustrating waiting for repairs to be carried out but ‘how long is too long?’

With the world attempting to get back on its feet following lockdown and the uncertainty resulting from the pandemic, many workplaces are left with no option but to downsize their workforce and are having to make redundancies. When doing so, to avoid the dismissals being challenged as unfair and unlawful, employers need to ensure that they follow the correct procedure. In this blog we focus on how an employer can ensure it follows a fair redundancy process by applying a fair selection criteria.

With employer contributions to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ramping up over the coming months, many employers are having to make the difficult decision to reduce their staffing levels. As a result of these changes many employees have or fear that they will be placed at risk of redundancy. Many clients whom we deal with in this situation will be told by their employer that they have checked current vacancies and unfortunately there are no suitable alternative roles which can be offered. Is this enough? Is this all that is required in a fair redundancy process. This blog provides a more detailed consideration of the rather nebulous duty of considering suitable alternative employment.