Of course the consultation should be done privately. Imagine finding out that you've lost your job through a post on a public mailing list. As a mater of basic human decency, the staff should be informed of the decision and supported through what will be a turbulent time for them. That their jobs are now surplus to requirements because of bad management and the board's negligence is no fault of their own.
The issue, though, is that it sounds like the consultation is over and the result has been decided and now the staff who have been made redundant are in the awkward position of having to explain that they've left/are leaving before any announcement has been made.
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From: Richard Farmbrough <richard@farmbrough.co.uk>
To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Thursday, 7 May 2015, 17:26
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Redundancies at WMUK
Fae: I am aware that the legal requirement for a consultation period is limited in scope, however that does not mean that good organisations do not conduct them where they are not legally required.