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Collective Redundancy – Statutory letter with information for consultation (S188)

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Statutory letter with information for consultation (S188).

This information must be in writing and the employer may either deliver it to the appropriate representatives individually, send it by post to an address notified by them to the employer or, in the case of trade union representatives, send it by post to the union’s head or main office.

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