Redundancy woe in DTZ move
At a time when few property jobs are completely safe, many long serving
employees have had the comfort of believing that should the worst
happen, they will be in line for a generous redundancy package.
However, according to employment lawyer, Dawn Robertson, increasing
numbers of redundancy policies are under review, with some terms reduced
to the statutory minimum. And, she says, there is probably little that
most affected employees can do about it.
Ms Robertson, a partner in Edinburgh-based Murray Beith Murray, was
speaking after DTZ became the latest firm to diminish its existing
redundancy terms.
Previously, DTZ offered one week’s salary for every full year
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Dawn Robertson - redundancy policies change
of service but this has been altered to the minimum statutory amount,
i.e. £350 for every full year of service.
The lawyer said that companies could take this action, unless redundancy
terms were specifically a part of the employee’s contract, which in most
instances would be unlikely. She said: “It is most likely that DTZ, like
most other firms, have a redundancy policy which it makes clear is
subject to change from time to time.
| £2m extension at Bush Estate
SELECT, Scotland’s trade association for the electrical, electronics
and communications systems industry, is embarking on a £2 million
extension of its corporate headquarters at The Walled Garden on
Midlothian’s Bush Estate.
The extension, for which the first turf was cut last month, will
comprise a two-storey building added to accommodate new and existing
tenant companies, including SELECT’s training organisation SECTT and the
Heating and Ventilating Contractors’ Association.
The Electrical Safety Council and Best, the training organisation for
the heating and ventilating sector, will join them in the new building.
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