So, work has fallen off the edge of a cliff, and you are struggling to keep your employees busy.
If an employee is laid off or put on short-time working for 4 continuous weeks, or 6 weeks within a 13-week period, they can write to their employer to claim redundancy. The employee must make the claim within 4 weeks after the lay-off/short-time period.
Once the claim is made, the employer has 7 days to either accept it or issue a counter-notice if they reasonably expect normal work will return within 4 weeks and last at least 13 weeks.
If the employer cannot guarantee uninterrupted work that will last at least 13 weeks and therefore does not issue a valid counter-notice, the employee is entitled to statutory redundancy pay.
