Should Redundancy Consultation Be Confidential?

Is the redundancy consultation process confidential? ... Discussions with individual employees should be treated confidentially, but where an employer is planning several redundancies, it is unlikely to be possible to keep this fact confidential.

Are you allowed to record redundancy consultations?

An employee does not have the right to record a meeting. Meetings may, however, be recorded with the employer's consent. In practice, recording meetings may make those taking part uncomfortable and so may not be helpful to the conduct of the meeting.

Who should be present at a redundancy consultation?

Your employer might let you bring someone with you to your redundancy meetings - for example someone from your union or HR. It can be helpful to have someone there to take notes and support you. If this isn't mentioned in your redundancy process, ask your employer if you can bring someone.