Reducing the number and staff: the final stage

The article covers one of the stages of the procedure for reducing the number or staff of employees, i.e. the offer of transfer to another job and the consideration of the motivated opinion of a trade union when dismissing a trade union member. Attention is paid to the distinction between vacant and vacant positions. The requirements for determining vacant positions to be offered to an employee and the procedure for offering them are disclosed. The complexities faced by employers in the process of implementing dismissal on this basis are outlined.