Is this legal?

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duggo1
duggo1 Posts: 175 Forumite
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My husband works for a large global company. Over the last few months he was asked to train colleagues in India how to do his job, and to write a user guide. He did ask why, and was told it was back up in case he and his UK colleague were off ill or on holiday. Yesterday my husband and his UK colleague were both told they were being made redundant and their work is moving to India.
Is this legal? Does he have grounds for unfair dismissal?

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  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
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    Perfectly legal.

    Obvious it would happen as soon as the india team were up to speed.
  • TBagpuss
    TBagpuss Posts: 11,204 Forumite
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    Yes, his job is now redundant because his job no longer exists in this country. The company should follow appropriate procedures for redundancy, including considering whether there are other suitable roles within the company, and if not, your husband may (depending on his length of service) be entitled to a redundancy payment
    All posts are my personal opinion, not formal advice Always get proper, professional advice (particularly about anything legal!)
  • maninthestreet
    maninthestreet Posts: 16,127 Forumite
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    This has happened to too many people.
    "You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"
  • Blackbeard_of_Perranporth
    Blackbeard_of_Perranporth Posts: 7,605 Forumite
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    Name and shame them OP
  • patman99
    patman99 Posts: 8,532 Forumite
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    The secret is to make sure to put loads of subtle errors in the guide so that should the work then be out-sourced, the new staff will end-up making the company look really incompetent.
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  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
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    Blackbeard_of_Perranporth wrote: »
    Name and shame them OP

    They all move jobs around world nothing special with this case.
  • duggo1
    duggo1 Posts: 175 Forumite
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    Thanks everyone for the advice. I have no doubt that there will be problems with the work even without writing errors in the guide! I couldn't possibly name the large global company, normally better known for manufacturing printers...
  • warmhands.coldheart
    warmhands.coldheart Posts: 3,757 Forumite
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    That's the problem with Big Global companies.... they do not have the real commitment to staff that a local company would have and will just up and move sticks as soon as a cheaper option becomes available...
  • jjlandlord
    jjlandlord Posts: 5,099 Forumite
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    warmhands.coldheart wrote: »
    they do not have the real commitment to staff that a local company would have and will just up and move sticks as soon as a cheaper option becomes available...

    Well a 'resource' is a 'resource' and an Indian 'resource' is cheaper...
  • warmhands.coldheart
    warmhands.coldheart Posts: 3,757 Forumite
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    jjlandlord wrote: »
    Well a 'resource' is a 'resource' and an Indian 'resource' is cheaper...

    Indeed, but how frustrating is it when you phone a technical helpline only to get someone called James, speaking broken English, who can barely understand you and his list of options on his computer screen doesn't cover your problem..
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