Redundancy
Redundancy occurs when an organisation no longer requires a particular job to be performed by anybody. When referring to redundancy, it is the actual job and not the individual that is made redundant. Should termination be a result of the job becoming redundant, then the individual or individuals are considered to have been retrenched.
Redundancy can happen for a number of reasons, some of which are:
- mergers or acquisitions
- changes in the economy including recession
- changes in technology resulting in a particular job function(s) no longer being required
- relocation of business
- outsourcing of a particular job function
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