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Grievance about redundancy selection

Raise a formal grievance about how you were selected, while you're still employed.

£5 to download, or £12 in the Challenge pack

When to use it

You've been provisionally selected and want your concerns dealt with formally before a final decision.

What it covers

  • I wasn't properly consulted
  • The selection pool wasn't drawn fairly
  • The criteria weren't objective or consistent
  • My scores look wrong
  • I haven't seen my scores
  • Other jobs weren't offered
  • Selection may be linked to a protected reason
  • Family-leave priority wasn't applied
  • Your own procedure wasn't followed
  • A meeting under the grievance procedure
  • Your right to be accompanied

What you get

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Example
Sam Taylor
12 Mill Lane
Leeds
LS6 2AB
sam@example.com
Jane Smith
HR Manager
Northfield Logistics Ltd
Unit 4, Ring Road
Leeds
LS11 5QX
8 October 2026

Dear Jane Smith

Formal grievance: my selection for redundancy

I'm raising a formal grievance about the way I've been selected for redundancy from my role as Warehouse Team Leader. I was told on 28 September 2026.

My concerns are:

  • The selection pool wasn't drawn fairly. Employees doing similar or interchangeable work were left out of it, and I haven't been given a good reason for that.
  • I haven't been shown my own scores or the evidence behind them, so I haven't been able to challenge them.

I'd like my scores to be reviewed by someone who wasn't involved in the original scoring, and to be given the evidence used.

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Yours sincerely

Sam Taylor

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Information, not legal advice. This letter is a template you adapt and send yourself. It covers England, Scotland and Wales; Northern Ireland's law is different (nidirect). For advice on your own situation, contact Acas (free, 0300 123 1100) or Citizens Advice.