Where an employee who has been made redundent is invited to apply for another role with an employer, are they entitled to claim statutory redundency payment if the decide not to apply?

Employees with at least two years’ continuous employment are entitled to a redundancy payment when they are dismissed by reason of redundancy. It is a question of fact whether an employee has firstly been dismissed and secondly whether it is by reason of redundancy. For example, an employee is not considered to have been dismissed when suitable alternative employment is offered and accepted within a particular time frame. Unless the terms and conditions of the renewal or re-engagement are identical to the previous terms and conditions, the employee is entitled to a statutory trial period of at least four weeks, without prejudice to their redundancy rights.

However, the employee loses their