How to make employees redundant without destroying all employee goodwill
August 4th, 2009Staff Management 22 CommentsClick to browse the HRwisdom Library
Regardless of the current stage of any economic cycle, many businesses face financial or operational pressures that may lead to HR manning issues and subsequent employee redundancies.
HRwisdom recently asked one of its contributors, Jaqui Alder, for her advice on making employees redundant. Jacqui is a consultant with extensive and diverse experience across Human Resources, change management, organisational development, retrenchment and industrial relations.
Redundancies Interview – Parts 1 and 2
In Part 1 of the redundancies interview with Jacqui Alder, we will take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of offering voluntary redundancies versus conducting forced or involuntary layoffs.
In Part 2 of the interview, we examine the process required to properly implement employee redundancies.
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As a proactive member of the HRwisdom community, you can also gain free access to all sections of the employee redundancy interview which examines important aspects such as:
- Part 1. Voluntary vs Involuntary Redundancy.
- Part 2. Managing the Redundancy Process.
- Part 3. How to Preserve Employee Goodwill When Making Employees Redundant.
- Part 4. How to Communicate and Manage the Departure (including a review of the dreaded “instant walk-out” of the employee vs the employee working out their notice period).
- Part 5. Case Study on Managing Employee Redundancies.
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If you would like free access to the other parts of the information-packed redundancy interview, all you need to do is come back to this blog posting and contribute to the HRwisdom community by posting a comment on this blog page (click the Register option and you can choose your own user name and your email address is not displayed).
Share your comments, thoughts or experience so that other HRwisdom community members can benefit from the dialogue.
We’ll then email you the details to access all of the interview sections (including the case study on how to manage employee redundancies and communication with those laid off) - as simple as that.
To hear Parts 1 & 2 of the interview (Part 1: Voluntary Redundancy vs Involuntary Redundancy and Part 2: Managing the Redundancy Process), click here:
How To Manage Employee Redundancies
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