This, sadly, isn’t an uncommon complaint. There are some Scrooge like employers out there who like to extend the festive spirit by handing out the P45 on Christmas Eve and they will have been encouraged in this practice by comments made in Personnel Today (a very good HR and employment law website and magazine) by an alleged “legal expert” from a law firm in Cheshire, advising employers that Christmas is the best time to make people redundant.