Bird v Stoke-on-Trent Primary Care Trust

Handling redundancy can be daunting for both employers and employees. There may be a substantial redundancy payment involved and the dismissal could lead to an unfair dismissal claim.Another issue is the requirement for employers and redundant employees to consider suitable alternative employment. An employee’s unreasonable refusal of the alternative work could mean an employer does not have to make a redundancy payment. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) recently had to consider these issues in the case of Bird v Stoke-on-Trent Primary Care Trust.