Redundancy Consultation Script - Second Formal Meeting

This is a structured, word-for-word script to help you run the second redundancy consultation meeting — ensuring the process remains fair, transparent, and genuinely consultative as you move closer to a potential outcome.

At this stage, the focus shifts from introducing the proposal to actively engaging with the employee’s feedback, testing alternatives, and exploring redeployment in more detail. It also ensures you handle sensitive elements — such as indicative redundancy terms — clearly and appropriately, without implying a final decision.

The script guides you through how to respond to previous discussions, explore remaining options, and demonstrate that consultation is meaningful and ongoing — reducing the risk of challenge and ensuring the process stands up to scrutiny.

Who is it for?

• Founders and CEOs managing redundancy processes
• Managers responsible for consultation meetings
• SME owners without in-house HR expertise
• HR professionals who want a structured and defensible approach

What does it cover?

• Opening the meeting and reinforcing no decision has been made
• Recapping previous discussions and employee feedback
• Responding to questions raised in earlier stages
• Further exploration of alternatives to redundancy
• Managing redeployment scenarios (interest, application, outcomes)
• Explaining indicative redundancy terms appropriately
• Checking employee understanding, concerns, and wellbeing
• Managing companion input
• Closing the meeting and confirming next steps

When is it used?

• During the second stage of redundancy consultation
• After initial feedback and first consultation meeting
• When reviewing alternatives and redeployment options
• Before any final redundancy decision is made

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