On 3 September 2020 Elizabeth Devine presented a paper on ‘How to Navigate the Litigation Hot Spots of Redundancies and Standing Down’ at Legalwise Seminar’s ‘Workplace Law: The Top 3 Employee Risks Right Now’ webinar. In her presentation and paper, Elizabeth discussed the laws which employers need to be mindful of and compliant with when making decisions about whether to stand down or dismiss an employee for operational reasons and both the realised and latent risks which employers will likely confront for many years to come.