Job cuts | Tribunals & team morale: The biggest concerns of the redundancy process

The risk of tribunal claims and the impact on employee relations are HR’s biggest worries when undertaking a redundancy process, new research finds.

The latest data from HR and employment law specialists WorkNest reveals that over half (54%) of organisations say their main concern when making a redundancy is ‘legal risk and potential tribunal claims’. 

This was significantly higher than worries about the reputational risk to the business (4%), the financial implications of redundancy payments (5%) or the loss of skills within the company (9%). 

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