The employer can offer the employee other work instead of making them redundant. The employee has a choice whether to accept it or not. Though if the employee unreasonably refuses the offer the employer may avoid paying them redundancy pay. The employer can offer the employee a job identical to their current job or a job with similar skills. The job must have similar pay, conditions and skill requirements.
Any refusal is looked at from each individual employee s view.
Some employees may accept the offer others for their own personal reasons may not. For example, the new job may require more travelling for some employees than their current job, but less for others. The alternative job offer must be made before the current job ends and the start date must be no more than 4 weeks after the old job ended. The first 4 weeks of the new job will be a trial period. During this time or when the 4 weeks have finished the employee can still leave the job and claim dismissal and redundancy pay.