Helping people to face up to redundancy

Article Abstract:

The recession has forced many British companies to adopt large-scale redundancy programs, leaving their personnel departments with the unpleasant task of handling the redundancy process. Personnel departments given such a task must approach a redundancy program with a fair amount of caution, as shabby treatment of workers made redundant can give the companies concerned bad publicity, while leaving their workforces angry and demoralized as well. Services which personnel departments can provide to workers made redundant include the provision of outplacement services and other job-search assistance programs. The approaches adopted by several leading British companies, including Marks and Spencer PLC and British Coal Corp, are presented to illustrate how various companies are coping with the difficult task of effectively managing redundancy programs.

Employment agencies, Management, Usage, Column, Marks and Spencer PLC, Layoffs, Outplacement services, Great Britain, British Coal Corp.

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HRM in action : the truth is out at last

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Hard evidence on the changes in employment management in the UK has been finally uncovered by a major study at the University of Warwick's Industrial Relations Research Unit. The study focuses on the transformative changes in personnel management operations, particularly the shift from personnel and industrial relations (IR) models to human resources management (HRM) models. The evidence leads to two critical conclusions: that significant initiatives that adhere to the HRM model have been taken up by British companies; and that the application of such initiatives has been characterized by a large area of improvement in terms of coherence and reinforcement.

Labor relations

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