About Dear Visitor Throughout your current session on HowToLaw you will see myself and my colleagues along side various legal subjects. Help yourself by clicking the HowTo Tab. To view my colleagues click here Related Topics How to challenge being made redundant Introduction What is a redundancy and what can I do about it? A redundancy is when an employer dismisses an employee on the ground that the employee's position is being discontinued for business reasons. In general, an employer is entitled to make you redundant if this is for genuine business reasons, and is not required to pay you compensation unless there is a specific agreement with you to do this. But in some situations _" for example, if the process by which you are made redundant is unfair _" you will be able to apply to the Employment Relations Authority for a remedy against your employer. Redundancies and restructuring Special laws protect employees affected by restructuring where the work they do will be carried on by employees of a new employer or by another person. Employees in specified industries where restructuring is frequent and employees have little bargaining power (such as cleaning and food-catering services) have the automatic right to transfer to the new employer on the same terms and conditions. If the new employer then makes the employee redundant, the employee is entitled to redundancy payments, either as agreed with the new employer or as set by the Employment Relations Authority: see below, "Protections for vulnerable workers