Do You Have to Consider Bumping?

The decision confirms that there is no rigid rule which requires an employer to consider bumping in order to dismiss fairly in every redundancy case. Equally however, there is no requirement on an employee to raise the possibility of bumping before an employer has to consider it.

What does bumping mean in redundancy?

A bumped redundancy therefore refers to when an employee whose role is not at risk of redundancy is dismissed as redundant and where the resulting vacancy created by their dismissal is filled by the employee whose role was originally redundant.

What does no bumping rights exist mean?

Bumping Rights. In a seniority system, the rights of workers with greater seniority whose jobs are abolished to replace (bump) workers with less seniority so that the worker who ultimately loses his/her job is not the worker whose job was abolished.