Redundancy letter templates

Templates for employers to tell their employees that they're:

  • at risk of redundancy

  • invited to a consultation meeting

  • being made redundant

Free to download and use. 

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Informing employees they're at risk

A template for telling an employee they're at risk of being made redundant and explaining the consultation process. 

Letter informing employee they're at risk of redundancy (Word version, 27KB)

Letter informing employee they're at risk of redundancy (OpenDocument Text format, 10KB)

Inviting employees to a consultation meeting

A template for inviting an employee to a consultation meeting and explaining what will be discussed.

Letter inviting employee to a consultation meeting (Word version, 25KB)

Letter inviting employee to a consultation meeting (OpenDocument Text format, 8KB)

Telling an employee they've been selected for redundancy

A template for telling an employee they've been selected for redundancy and giving notice to end their employment.

Letter confirming employee has been selected for redundancy (Word version, 25KB)

Letter confirming employee has been selected for redundancy (OpenDocument Text format, 8KB)