Leaving employment

Selextion Consultants works in partnership with clients to improve business performance through people. We provide advice and guidance you need to manage your employment obligations simply and effectively on specific HR issues, or on the implementation of HR processes designed to assist in the management and development of people in ways that contribute to the achievement of organisational effectiveness and for the opportunity to use their abilities and develop their experience and skills.

Our services are split into three areas, covering the lifecycle of your employees, but we also offer advice in such areas as employee development, employee reward, employee relations, performance management and organisational development.

Please contact us to discuss a topic relevant to you:-

Dismissal

At some stage, many businesses will face the difficult task of having to dismiss an employee or a group of employees. You can avoid making dismissals by minimising the risk of poor performance from the outset. However, if you do have to dismiss someone, there are steps you should take to avoid unfair, wrongful and constructive dismissal claims.

We can provide you with information and guidance on types of dismissal together with policies and procedures employers can put in place for dismissing fairly and accurately, avoiding unfair dismissal and the consequences of getting it wrong, notice periods, final payments and other matters.

Redundancies and other exits

Making an employee redundant - follow a fair and legal process when it's necessary to dismiss staff on the grounds of redundancy.
Handling potential redundancies - understand the implications of redundancies within your business.
Calculate the statutory redundancy pay due to your employee - calculating the payment due to your employees under the statutory redundancy scheme.
When an employee resigns - steps to take following a resignation - getting written confirmation, exit interviews and constructive dismissals.
When an employee leaves through ill health - managing employees with illness - ill health dismissals, procedures and legal considerations.
When an employee dies - practical steps to deal with a death at work, including informing next of kin and tax implications.

When an employee retires

Employees may retire for a number of reasons. They may have reached the retirement age agreed in their contract of employment - if the employer uses a retirement age. They may be taking early retirement, or some may finish work for other reasons.

Whatever the reason, as an employer there are certain steps you should follow when an employee retires.

Contact us to get an overview of what to do when an employee retires. We will explain the various types of retirement and give you more information and advice on pensions and retirement, providing support for a retiring employee, early retirement and ill-health-related early retirement.