Redundancy consultation tip #6 - send employees joint communications. By agreeing joint communications after each session you give employees a consistent message...

Redundancy consultation tip #5 - get to know your employee representatives as people. Invest the time in getting to know them before consultations start - building trust and starting to form good working relationships early will make for a much better result from the consultations.

Redundancy consultation tip #4 - train your employee reps and your managers. 

Redundancy consultations tip #3 - see the legal requirements as the minimum standards, and operate well above these. Don't just consult to tick boxes and take longer than the law says to consult if needed to have proper, meaningful discussions with your employees.

Redundancy consultation tip #2 - don't wait until you have all the answers to start discussions with employee representatives. Working closely with employees on formulating the answers does achieve better results - employees know the jobs and how things work better than anybody else!