School Staffing Structure Review and Redundancy (3 hours)

Dates and Venues 

Tuesday 19 November 2024 9.30am – 12.30pm

Overview

Effectively managing organisation change, budget difficulties, staffing restructures and potential staff redundancy is an ongoing requirement of the role of a senior leader. 

Aimed at school leaders with line management responsibility at all levels, this session will equip delegates to have the confidence to effectively manage both the informal and formal staffing structure review procedure, with and without redundancy(ies).

From initially identifying the need for organisational change and a potential staffing structure review through to implementing formal redundancies through a dismissal processes, we will provide practical examples and interactive training tasks to guide delegates through legislation, procedure and best practice. 

Course outline

The session will cover:

• Best practice procedures and processes to effectively undertake and implement staffing reviews and redundancy procedures

• The legal definition of redundancy and how this applies

• Statutory obligations under redundancy legislation

• Steps which should be taken to avoid the need for redundancies

• The key steps of a redundancy procedure and how to follow these

• Actions taken to mitigate redundancies, including management of voluntary requests and seeking suitable alternative employment

• The importance of a robust business case and what should be included in this

• How to calculate redundancy payments

• Consulting informally and formally with recognised unions and employees

• How to manage staff on maternity, sickness absence and other types of leave during a redundancy process

• Termination of employment on the grounds of redundancy

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