Background
Our client was a manufacturing company with around 110 employees. It had no internal HR support, and engaged with EML on a retained basis.
Problem
The client had experienced rapid growth during the Covid-19 pandemic, but post-Covid the overcapacity in its distributor network led to a contraction, resulting in the need to cut the labour force by around 10%.
Solution
EML worked as part of the clientโs HR team to plan and deliver a redundancy programme which fully complied with employment law and also ensured that the company retained (as far as possible) key skills and experience. Our support included:
- Assisting the company with initial employee briefings
- Designing a selection matrix which gave adequate weight to skills and experience
- Guiding managers to confidently undertake the scoring process
- Accompanying managers in one-to-one consultation meetings with those affected
- Drafting all employee correspondence in respect of the process
- Calculating termination payments
- Dealing with any appeals.
Outcome
The client implemented around 10 redundancies in a period of 3-4 weeks without receiving a single Employment Tribunal or Early Conciliation claim in respect of the process.
If you would like more information on any of the services described in this case study, please contact EML on 01942 727200 or email enquiries@employeemanagement.co.uk
