Termination of employment due to redundancy is a form of dismissal by the employer. It carries with it the concept of involuntary termination of the employee’s employment. However, rather than being a fault-based dismissal, redundancy is usually caused by factors such as economic conditions, business efficiency, or technological development.
Generally speaking, termination of employment due to redundancy occurs where:
- an employer has made a definite decision that the employer no longer wishes the job the employee has been doing to be done by anyone; and
- that decision leads to the termination of the employee’s employment.