Redundancy although no reduction in headcount

In Packman t/a Packman Lucas Associates v Fauchon the EAT confirmed that the statutory test for redundancy under

In Packman t/a Packman Lucas Associates v Fauchon the EAT confirmed that the statutory test for redundancy under section 139(1)(b)(i) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 – the employer’s requirements for employees to carry out work of a particular kind have ceased or diminished – can be met even where there is no reduction in the number of employees carrying out work of a particular kind. Therefore in this case a reduction in hours needed for a particular job gave rise to a redundancy situation, even though job numbers remained the same.

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