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A company was faced with the horrible decisions to downsize. Using the HRtoolkit tools, they were working through a consultation process to make this happen. One of the roles that was proposed as redundant was the apprentice because they didn’t have enough qualified tradesmen to meet his training needs. They
Don’t Panic And don’t ignore it! Sadly, there are a lot of no-win-no-fee lawyers who understand that for employers, personal grievance claims often come down to a fiscal decision. It may be cheaper to pay money to an ex-employee, than defend a claim. At any point during the personal grievance
As businesses start to feel the pinch of COVID-19, here are some measures to assist you to adapt your current business practices, take advantage of the Government assistance, and how to consult with your employees if more serious measures are required. As strict self-isolation measures have been instituted, we have
The guidance remains from the government that it is better to pay staff the subsidy payment, than make people redundant. However, unfortunately, for some businesses the daily rising costs v’s no income will mean that you no long have any options but to make all staff redundant and close the
Well for all the Monty Python fans out there, hopefully, you just sang the title and it brought a wee smile to what is, frankly, a pretty bleak outlook at the moment. Bad weather, COVID, fuel costs, inflation, winter ills and chills, staff shortages, the list goes on. Sadly, I
As a business owner restructuring and redundancies are probably the hardest thing you will ever have to do. And, as an HR consultant who has done literally thousands of restructures, I am often asked how I cope with it mentally. I’m not going to pretend it’s easy, it’s not, but
My measure of the state of the economy is how much recruitment I am doing v’s how much redundancy work I am doing. Sadly, the balance has now tipped (for the first time since COVID hit) to redundancy. There are a multitude of reasons for this, but the bottom line
