Redundancy Selection Criteria Guidance - August 2026

3. Selection Pool

The Authority will identify how many roles are at risk of redundancy and will determine a pool from which employees will be selected. The Authority will ensure that the pool for selection has been fairly defined. The pool will normally consist of employees who carry out the same, or similar, work and perform jobs that are interchangeable, whether or not in the same department or location, or work/shift pattern. When determining the redundancy pool the Authority will take into account circumstances such as:

• The work that employees carry out on a day-to-day basis;

• The proximity of sites/bases; and

• Where employees carry out their work on a regular basis.

In certain circumstances, it will not be appropriate to determine a pool from which to select employees for redundancy, for example where there is only one employee whose role is affected or where the whole service will cease.