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Redundancy in UK – The shrinking of the retail workforce has been happening for 15 years now
The closure of some big names shops (think HMV) has been hogging the news for the last 15 months. But the truth is the shrinking of the retail workforce has been happening for 15 years now. From an economy wide perspective we might not worry – the reductions in retail jobs have easily been absorbed … Continue reading
UE / Proposals for companies to help those worse affected by redundancies into new jobs approved
European MPs have approved “daft” proposals for companies to help those worse affected by redundancies into new jobs, in a move that will intensify tension between the EU and Britain over unnecessary red tape. The European Parliament report, drawn up by Spanish socialist MEP Alejandro Cercas, calls for new rules requiring any single company with … Continue reading
Netherlands / New redundancy rules will hit older staff
Plans to reduce golden handshakes and make it easier for companies to sack staff will hit older workers particularly hard, according to the Dutch personnel officers’ organisation NVP. The organisation says it is raising the alarm because it wants to ensure a ‘reasonable’ approach to redundancy. ‘We work for employers but we also see the … Continue reading
Irish public service / No more ‘jobs for life’ with compulsory redundancies
THE Government is planning to bring in compulsory redundancies in the public sector as part of the new Croke Park deal. Marking an end to the concept of a job for life in the public service, it will be the first time the threat of non-voluntary redundancy will be available. The compulsory redundancies will mainly … Continue reading
Redundant / Am I now nothing ?
Redundant 1. No longer needed or useful – superfluous; 2. Able to be omitted without loss of meaning or function. I have now lived through 683 days of redundancy, each one against my embattled will. Like 26 million people across the EU, I long, desperately, to fall asleep with the contentment and exhaustion of a … Continue reading
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