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Redundancy process
E-Zec Medical Transport Services vs Gregory
EAT 0192/08
Key facts
The driver of a private ambulance was selected for redundancy following a process in which there was no consultation on selection criteria and the appeal against the decision amounted to a rubber stamp of the first decision.
Decision
The Tribunal found that the redundancy process was defective, depending as it did on a largely subjective set of criteria, and therefore ruled the dismissal unfair.
Our view
The case reveals the importance of care with consultation periods, particularly in times when litigants are more likely to turn to the Tribunal and redundancies are more commonplace.
