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Re:Stack Overflow reducing headcount by 20% by gaius on Friday November 03, 2017 @07:53AM (#15618414)
No need to hand over things?

Correct. Remember ROLES are made redundant, not people. If the role no longer exists then by definition there's nothing to handover.

If there is a handover then there better also be a big chunk of cash to the departing worker in return for waiving the right to sue, because if there isn't, it's tribunal time.

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Re:Stack Overflow reducing headcount by 20% by fjsolwmv on Friday November 03, 2017 @04:32PM (#15622020)
That's a very simplistic view of the way work is distributed in a small company .
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Re:Stack Overflow reducing headcount by 20% by gaius on Friday November 03, 2017 @04:43PM (#15622073)
That would be for a tribunal to decide. But at the point that your employment is terminated, why would you do it?
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