In the situation where there is more than one employee on maternity leave and at risk of redundancy, and only one alternative vacancy, how should I decide who to give it to?
Posted in : First Tuesday Q&A NI on 3 July 2024 Issues covered: Maternity; Redundancy; ProceduresIn the unfortunate event that a redundancy scenario arises, making it impracticable for an employer to continue to employ an employee who is on maternity leave under their existing contract, employers must follow the legislative requirements and offer the employee any other suitable vacant role that exists. The employer must offer the employee on maternity leave any other existing vacancy which is suitable given their circumstances and does not have substantially less favourable terms of employment, whether this be under the employment of the employer, their successor or any other associated employer.
However, this situation can become increasingly more difficult when several candidates for
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