Redundancy: Getting it right

Posted by HR Zone in Managing people on Tue, 15/04/2008 - 14:17

Redundancy: Who will stay and who will go?

When organisational change can lead to redundancy, how can HR best support employers? Denise Taylor has some answers.


The most important step in the redundancy process is communication, keeping people informed right from the start. Rumours will spread so best to provide as much information as you can. Keep people informed through regular briefings and time for questions. As things progress you can let people know about options and what help is going to be available.

Redundancy can be a time to raise the importance of career management and people being responsible for their own careers. Whether people are to stay or leave, this may be the time for people to consider how to keep themselves employable through development and training.

How to choose who is to go

Whilst it can be tempting to use this as an excuse to get rid of 'difficult staff', you will want to ensure you have a clear and transparent process.

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Editor's Welcome

 

Hello! And welcome back as we enter 2012, with a busy year ahead of us all. With talk of double-dip recessions, a possible partial or even full break-up of the Eurozone and unemployment rates set to hit nearly 9%, topics such as organisational streamlining, staff resilience and talent management are likely to be on many an HR professional's lips over the next 12 months.
 
But to lighten the gloom here in the UK, we also have the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and its attendant public holidays to look forward to at the start of June. Followed by two weeks of Olympic Games from 27 July to 12 August and the Paralympics from 29 August to 9 September, each generating their own excitement, but also issues to work through for hard-pressed HR departments trying to sort out the multifarious staffing issues in advance.
 
So with an interesting but challenging year to come, HRZone promises to be with you, supporting you all the way and providing our usual insightful blend of news, analysis, community blogs and expert comment to help you sort the wheat from the chaff. As ever, we love to hear from you too so feel free to either post your words of wisdom to our blog section yourself or, in the case of longer, more in-depth ‘expert voice’ articles, drop me a line with any ideas to cath.everett@siftmedia.co.uk.....
 
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