A system’s quality, maintainability, reliability, availability, and safety give a measure of how well it performs in its environment. Functional safety is the overall safety of a system against likely ...

With warnings of a potential recession, some employers may be making difficult decisions about making staff redundant. Sophie Georgiou and Sarah Rushton outline the key elements in a fair and legal ...

When a business needs to reduce its workforce, it closes jobs, and the people doing those jobs are made redundant. It's not the same as getting the sack. If you are made redundant, you have a number ...

Madeleine Pickles does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “I can’t save every job. I can’t protect every single business.” The words of chancellor Rishi Sunak last week ...

The University of Derby has reported itself to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after sending letters that revealed which staff members were at risk of redundancy. The BBC understands the ...

As employers make job cuts to tackle the after effects of recession, what are your redundancy rights? Read on to find out where you stand legally with your employer, and calculate the minimum ...

When an employee takes ill and is unable to work, the business often has no choice but to consider separation. We sometimes assume that a severance payment would be due to the employee, but true ...