Can you be made redundant and replaced by a cheaper candidate

[meepman]

Hi,

Can an employer make an employee redundant and then replace them with a cheaper candidate?

Is that common practice or against regulations?

 

[Clamball]

No your job cannot be replaced, but it could be a new employee may have some part of your old duties incorporated into a new job.

Say you were a chef in a cafe and were made redundant and a new waiter was taken on part of which their duties were to make the meals as well as serve them.

 

[odyssey06]

A 1-to-1 replacement would not meet the requirements of statutory redundancy, see pages 171-172.
https://www.inou.ie/download/pdf/20160715125355.pdf

If the employer replaces 3 staff with 2 with a re-allocation of duties, that would meet the requirements I think.

 

[Bronte]

No of course they can't do this. Officially. But they do it via other means such as a restructuring. If you've been made unemployed and replaced with someone doing your old job you need to see a good employment solicitor. Or talk to your union.