A redundancy dismissal is likely to be unfair if, at the time of dismissal, the employer failed to look for suitable alternative employment within its organisation. In contrast, the EAT in Aramark (UK) ltd v Fernandes has ruled that it did not make a redundancy dismissal unfair where the employer failed to place the redundant employee on its list of workers who might - or might not - be called on for ad hoc work. Being on the list was not the same as being offered work, and it was not a case of there being evidence of an existing suitable alternative which had not been offered.
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