Are you a business owner, manager, or HR professional navigating the challenging terrain of redundancies?
The Redundancy Toolkit is here to help.
What is a Redundancy Toolkit?
The Redundancy Toolkit is a step-to-step essential guide to managing the Redundancy Process with ease.
From the initial redundancy consultation to compliant legal requirements, our toolkit ensures you stay compliant and reduce risks.
With expert support from the best redundancy lawyers team, you'll have the confidence to handle every step effectively.
Most importantly, this toolkit not only provides you with lawyer-drafted templates but also offers support from a dedicated team of legal experts.
Why a Redundancy Toolkit?
Robust Document Library:
Save time and eliminate guesswork with our extensive collection of ready-to-use documents. Access professionally crafted templates for consultation scripts, termination letters and other essential paperwork, ensuring a smooth and efficient process.
Phone Advice Line by Expert Lawyers:
Feel confident with expert advice at your fingertips. Our phone advice line, staffed by experienced employment lawyers, is available to answer your specific questions, provide guidance, and ensure your decisions align with your legal requirements.
Stay Compliant:
Navigating redundancy can be a legal minefield. The Redundancy Toolkit keeps you on the right side of the law, helping you maintain compliance and minimise the risk of legal challenges.
Tailored for Your Business:
Every business is unique. The Redundancy Toolkit is designed to be adaptable to the specific needs and size of your organisation, ensuring a tailored approach to redundancy that fits seamlessly into your business strategy.
Comprehensive Step-by-Step Guides:
Navigate the redundancy process confidently with our meticulously crafted, step-by-step guides. From planning and consultations to fair selection criteria and beyond, The Redundancy Toolkit covers every crucial aspect of the journey.
Zoe McQuillan Employment Law Expert at Cowell Clarke Commercial Lawyers
In the current climate of uncertain times in business, navigating redundancies can be a challenging and risky process.
It’s not easy and there are many pitfalls that can end up costing you a lot more if done the wrong way!
How it works
FAQs
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This toolkit is designed for organisations within the national system of employment as well as Victorian public sector employers.
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This toolkit does not capture redundancy guidance for:
1. the public sector in all States and Territories.
2. Partnerships, sole traders and non-incorporated entities in Western Australia.
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Our toolkit is designed to simplify the enormous volume of guidance available into an easily understood guide. If you comply with the requirements and guidance within the toolkit (and where otherwise required under the Fair Work Act, a Modern Award, or an Enterprise Agreement) you will be able to better defend your business against claims or suggestions that the redundancy was not genuine, an unfair dismissal or was a dismissal for unlawful reasons.
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Yes, redundancy payments can be subject to payroll tax. The tax-free portion of a genuine redundancy payment is generally exempt from payroll tax, but any amount over this limit may be taxable. Non-genuine redundancy payments are typically fully taxable.
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Yes, redundancy can be considered unfair dismissal if the process is not carried out fairly and correctly or if the redundancy is not genuine.
Our Redundancy Toolkit provides a comprehensive step-by-step guide to help employers navigate genuine redundancies while ensuring legal protection.
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Redundancy conversations can be challenging, but they don’t have to be. Our Redundancy Toolkit offers a clear, three-page script to guide you step-by-step through these difficult discussions.
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Yes, redundancy consultation meetings should be minuted, with a follow-up email sent to all parties.
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