Dismissal and Redundancy
Facing dismissal, redundancy or threats to your job security? Understand your employment rights and discover how CAIWU supports workers fighting to protect their jobs.
Your Job Shouldn't Be the Price of Cutting Costs
For cleaners and other outsourced workers, the threat of losing a job can create serious uncertainty. Your wages pay the bills, support your family and provide financial stability. When your employment is threatened, your livelihood is at stake.
Cleaning companies may propose redundancies when contracts change, staffing budgets are reduced or services are reorganised. In other situations, workers may face dismissal following workplace disputes, disciplinary proceedings or complaints about their working conditions.
Whatever the circumstances, employers must respect the employment rights and legal protections that apply.
Redundancy Doesn't Mean Your Employer Can Ignore Your Rights
Being told that your position is no longer needed does not automatically mean that a redundancy process is fair or lawful.
Employers may have obligations to consult affected employees, consider alternatives and follow appropriate procedures. Workers may also have rights relating to notice, redundancy payments and protection against unfair dismissal, depending on their circumstances.
For cleaners, concerns can arise when employers propose reducing the workforce while expecting the remaining workers to maintain the same cleaning standards and workloads.
When jobs are threatened, workers deserve clear explanations, meaningful consideration of their concerns and respect for their employment rights.
Why Acting Early Matters
Waiting until a dismissal has taken place can make it more difficult to challenge an employer's decision or protect jobs that are at risk.
At CAIWU, we support members facing redundancy proposals, threats of dismissal and disputes over job security.
Where several workers are affected, we help members organise collectively, question employers' proposals and demand that alternatives to job losses are properly considered.
We also support members in challenging potentially unfair dismissals and seeking appropriate remedies.
Workers' livelihoods should never be treated as disposable.
Joining CAIWU means standing alongside workers who are organised and determined to defend their jobs, challenge unfair treatment and protect their future.