Are you a member of a union who can advise you ?Without know the details or seeing the paperwork, you might have a case
The one person had only been in the job 5 months as compared to my 6 and half years but scored only slightly worse that me for this criteria.
This is very interesting as i was made redundant recently and the selection process was very similar. (I was 10 years in the department and people less than two years in the department were kept). However I signed a letter to say i wouldnt dispute it - doing so i got an enhanced redundancy which i would have forfeited if i didnt sign.
Just wondering did you sign such a letter?
One has hired much cheaper contractors and given them a different job description even though they are doing the same job as the ones he is planning to make redundant too. Just to save himself in wages and benefits payments.
Another is making some people redundant, but moving people over from another job to do the redundant jobs, but not changing their old job descriptions.
I think the OP has a good case. Get onto the Dept of Trade and Enterprise straight away.. it does seem as if the criteria was made up to get the wanted result.
Minion.. I think your friends may believe they have got away with what they've done.. but it can be clearly seen that they are using devices to make redundant who they want...
Just changing a job description isn't enough.. if the job can be shown to be the same then it is the same regardless of title.. and this could be challenged.
Same thing with moving people into an old supposedly 'redundant' job.. I agree that it may be hard to prove.. but the Dept of Trade and Enterprise will help the employee for free I think... so these employers could easily get found out... the Dept of T&E are quite good as far as I know and aren't in bed with the employers.
I fully understand why an employer would want to get rid of the worse staff first, even if they've been there longer... (no offence to the OP, it could be a personality thing, or the people selected to remain on may be friends of the employer, or they may not speak up when the employer bullies them for example and he wants to keep his 'doormats')
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