Titanium Foundry Ltd is closing one of its blast furnaces due to a downturn in heavy manufacturing. They need to make 20 out of 50 furnace operators redundant. Which of the following selection criteria for redundancy would most likely be considered automatically unfair?

Under UK employment law, selecting an employee for redundancy for certain reasons is automatically unfair. These include reasons related to pregnancy, whistleblowing, asserting a statutory right, and trade union membership/activities. Objective criteria like skills, attendance, and disciplinary records are generally fair.