A redundancy ‘pool’ refers to the group of employees who are at risk of redundancy and from which an employer will select the individuals to dismiss. This video covers the complex issue of who should be in the pool.

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0:00 Intro
0:58 Recap of redundancy law
2:57 Redundancy pool selection
5:58 Rolebased redundancies
8:33 Sitebased redundancies
10:19 Pools of one person
12:50 Tips for redundancy pools

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Alvis Vickers v Lloyd https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKEAT...
Byard v Capita Hartshead https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKEAT...
Highland Fish Farmers v Thorburn no transcript available


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IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
This video is published by Employment Law Services Limited. The information in this video is for general guidance only and, although the presenters and publisher believe it was correct at the time it was recorded (April 2021), the law may have changed since then. You should always seek your own independent legal advice. Please note that for employment law, the law explained applies to England, Scotland and Wales. For all other areas of law, it applies to England only.

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