Guidance on the HR implications of business change: restructuring, mergers, acquisitions, redundancies and reorganisations.
Business change is where HR complexity peaks. Restructuring, mergers, redundancies and reorganisations all carry significant legal obligations. Get them wrong and the cost multiplies quickly.
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How to restructure roles, teams and departments while managing the legal and people implications.
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Your consultation obligations when making 20 or more employees redundant.
Read GuideYour obligations when employees transfer into your business.
Read GuideYour obligations when employees transfer to another employer.
Read GuideHR due diligence and people integration during M&A transactions.
Read GuideManaging the employment law implications of moving your workplace.
Read GuideEvery significant business change has HR and employment law implications. Redundancy, TUPE, consultation obligations, contract variations: all must be handled correctly.
The cost of getting it wrong is not just financial. Poor change management damages trust, destroys morale and drives your best people out the door.
Maximum protective award for failing to consult on redundancies doubles from 90 to 180 days’ pay.
Shorter qualifying periods and uncapped awards mean every restructuring decision carries more risk.
DaisyHR supports North West employers through every type of business change.
Read our full ERA 2025 guideWhen you propose to dismiss 20 or more employees at one establishment within a 90-day period. You must consult for at least 30 days (45 days for 100+ redundancies).
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations protect employees when a business or service transfers from one employer to another.
Only in very limited circumstances. Changes connected to the transfer itself are generally void unless there is an economic, technical or organisational reason.
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Business change advice for employers across Bolton, Manchester and the wider North West. · Last reviewed: March 2026