Under what grounds can you make people apply for their own jobs?

marlow

Is this only when a company are making redundancies or can they just get rid of people they don't want by doing this?

Cheers

Should have really said on what grounds, its very late.

BitterAndTwisted

What makes you think that making people redundant is any different to getting shot of those they do not want?

Being asked to re-apply for your own job is quite common, most especially when a restructure is on the cards where roles may be lost or duties and responsibilities combined.

LittleVoice

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

What makes you think that making people redundant is any different to getting shot of those they do not want?

Being asked to re-apply for your own job is quite common, most especially when a restructure is on the cards where roles may be lost or duties and responsibilities combined.

"Getting shot of" = dismissal. Fair reasons for dismissal include redundancy.

The question was about the process to use if it is not redundancy.

The re-structuring you mention would appear to be linked to redundancy.

If there is no re-structuring/redundancy and an employer wants to dismiss them I'm not sure why applying for your "own job" is at all necessary or a sensible use of time. That is just my opinion.

an9i77

Hi there - 'officially' an employer would only get people to apply for their own jobs in a redundancy situation. however, redundancy situations can and are engineered in order that companies get rid of people they don't want. So long as the company is being sufficiently crafty, they can usually get away with this. For example where I once worked they made a senior role redundant saying it was no longer needed, waited about six months, then re branded the job so it was slightly different but still essentially the same, and got someone new in. It happens a lot and not just at senior levels either!

Notmyrealname

marlow wrote: »

Is this only when a company are making redundancies or can they just get rid of people they don't want by doing this?

Cheers

Should have really said on what grounds, its very late.

They can do it when wanting to drop wages or change terms when the employee doesn't agree. The current job is made redundant and a new post created at a lower rate or with different terms which the employee then has to apply for.