Most employees can sense when change is coming, and if they don't hear about it from you, uncertainty will give way to fear, and speculation will give way to rumour. Before long, your employees will create their own narrative, trust
A redundancy should never be a quick decision; you need to start preparing weeks, if not months in advance to do it right and provide the support your redundant employees will need for a smooth transition. To help you prepare,
One of the most significant factors in how well an employee takes restructuring news and moves on from their redundancy is how you, their employer, handle the situation. When you handle it right and give your employee the compassion, respect
Workplace planning has long been defined as having the right people in the right position with the right capabilities at the right time, to help you grow and strengthen your company. But in the year of COVID-19, workplace planning for
If you do a Google search for 'outplacement providers', you will quickly discover hundreds of companies offering outplacement programs. But buyer beware, not all outplacement programs are created equal. In a sea of providers, how do you make sure you
With the economic impacts of COVID-19 being felt across the country, more businesses are resorting to restructure and redundancy to survive the downturn. As a result, HR managers and teams are finding themselves in the increasingly challenging position of transitioning
With the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression upon us, redundancy is a sad inevitability of COVID-19. No one enjoys making employees redundant, but in the middle of a pandemic when the job market is competitive, and many families
If you've ever managed employees who are working out their notice period, you are likely to be all too familiar with short-timer syndrome. It's a condition used to describe the significant drop in productivity that comes when an employee has
While the separation conversation can be difficult for you as an employer, not surprisingly, it's even more challenging and confronting for the employee being made redundant. To appropriately support your employees during this time, it's important to have a greater
The outplacement industry has come a long way in its relatively short history, but like many sectors, it still has a long way to go. With the start of a new decade now is an opportune moment to look at