WRC found an employee was unfairly dismissed due to a flawed redundancy process that lacked meaningful consultation, alternative role consideration, and an appeals mechanism.

The Complainant was employed as a QA Engineer with the Respondent from January 2022 until May 2024. He claimed he was unfairly selected for redundancy, asserting that the consultation process was wholly inadequate. He stated that the Respondent made no proposals to him during the process and placed the burden on him to identify alternative roles. Despite highlighting his 15 years’ experience as a Recruiter and further experience as a Business Analyst and Scrum Master, he claimed no consideration was given to him for such roles. He also noted there were no discussions about