
Fair redundancy dismissal requires genuine consideration of alternative roles
Mr Kennedy, a car sales training manager had 30 years’ experience in the motor industry and had worked for Hendy Group Ltd since 2013. During the 2020 COVID pandemic, a redundancy situation arose within the training team. Mr Kennedy accepted both the redundancy situation and his selection was fair, but his concern was with how the redundancy process was conducted. Mr Kennedy claimed that he was unfairly dismissed as his employer failed to properly consider alternative employment within the company. The steps