Restructuring is something that you are likely to have to face at some point. You need someone who can understands the law and can answer your questions:

• When is a redundancy not a redundancy?
• When is there a job match or assimilation situation?
• How do I consult on redundancy and for how long?
• What are my redundancy pay liabilities?
• How much will redundancy pay cost me?

You may be dealing with the stress of TUPE transfers – sometimes bringing new staff in as a result of winning new service contracts, mergers and acquisitions; sometimes transferring out.

Either way, there is a minefield of complex legalities to be picked through in the redundancy and TUPE rules and regulations.  Lawyers can give a really good top level view of where you stand. But the devil is in the detail and you need someone to do a great deal of detailed work in picking out what your redundancy and TUPE responsibilities and liabilities are in practice, and translating these in to action.

As well as the legal issues associated with restructuring, redundancy and TUPE, there is the concern of how you manage change positively to take staff with you through the change.
We have vast experience of successful change management in all sorts of organisations and situations:

• Helping you think through new structures and how to achieve them
• Identifying posts that are genuinely redundant, redeployment options and redundancy liabilities
• Consultation with Unions and representative bodies
• Designing and project-planning fair redundancy consultation and selection processes
• Guidance and training for managers in change management and communications – helping you maintain engagement during change
• Project planning for all aspects of a TUPE transfer
• Coordinating the process of TUPE consultation to ensure you do not incur penalties for failure to consult
• Interpreting the TUPE rules and regulations to establish your TUPE liabilities under the particular circumstances
• Assisting in consultations with staff being TUPE’d in or out and/or redundancy consultations
• Career counselling and guidance and interview skills training for employees facing redundancy