Redundancy during maternity leave

Heyyy, I’m wondering if anyone can help. I’ve just been made redundant during maternity leave (fantastic lol) and it’s my whole team so from what I understand it’s not illegal. I was wondering if anyone has any solicitor recommendations? I’ve been told I need to consult one before agreeing to a settlement x

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I've not used him personally but have had clients who have (I support individuals with career development and issues at work through coaching, mentoring and consultancy):
https://dphlegal.com/our-team/mark-lafferty/

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I would speak to Acas. They're a free government funded service to support in employment disputes. You can call them for impartial advice.

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Sorry to hear you’ve been made redundant, it’s awful regardless but of course worse during pregnancy/mat leave. If they are making you redundant legitimately following the correct process, I would be surprised if they are offering you a settlement as they should have laid out redundancy pay within consultation if enough people are being made redundant.

ACAS are good to speak with for advice though
https://www.acas.org.uk

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Settlement agreement is pretty standard if they are paying out above statutory requirements. Ask your team who they're using. I've just had similar happen and as there were so many people being made redundant my company identified some independent firms for us to save us the hassle of searching individually

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