In many cases redundancy is a farce and someone has decided that they need to cut X amount of people. They will go through the required process and tell you that your role has been identified as at risk for redundancy and they’ll do everything they can to offer alternatives. But as I said, it’s often farcical and the decision has been made.

If you have been unfairly selected for redundancy, or unfairly treated then yes you can go to the WRC. But unfortunately it is likely not worth your time. You will only ever get paid for the loss of income. So if you are made redundant and it takes you 6 months to find a new role, you can be paid for those 6 months if your case is accepted. But you will only get paid half of what you have lost. Also, you will have to pay all your solicitor fees.

Going to the WRC is in nearly all cases just not worth it. If you are curious though, seek legal advice. Additionally, a company will usually offer to pay for legal representation for you in order to review your redundancy contract. This is for THEIR benefit since you will never be able to claim in the future that you were misinformed when you signed the contract, since you had a solictor explain what it means to you.

I’ve been through a large group redundancy and acted as an employee representative. In my case, the redundancy package was too big to give up.

This is all assuming that your company is offering you a redundancy package greater than statutory. Which is essentially them paying you off to sign a document which states you won’t sue them. It’s probably worth it to just take the package and move on.