Labour Court recommends KBC consider ways to reduce compulsory redundancies

The Labour Court recommended that KBC consider ways to reduce compulsory redundancies after a dispute over the proposed closure of four hubs. The dispute involved A Number Of Workers, represented by FSU. The Court recommended constructive engagement, including consideration of remote working, employee-led role swaps and voluntary redundancy terms of five weeks’ pay per year of service inclusive of statutory entitlement, or four weeks’ pay per year plus statutory entitlement, whichever is more advantageous to the departing employee. The recommendation was signed on 12 November 2020.