redundancy

Dismissal of employees whose work is no longer needed. This may occur through a fall in the demand for their products, through new labour practices of outsourcing the work to a self-employed worker, or through technical progress leading to mechanization or automation of production. If the need for labour falls slowly, adjustment may be possible through natural wastage, ie not replacing those who leave. If demand falls quickly, redundancies occur. In some countries, workers may have a legal right to minimum compensation for redundancy by statutory instrument; in the UK, for example, this usually applies to full-time workers with over 2 years service. Payments may be greater, and may include some workers without a legal entitlement, as the price of industrial peace. Employers often prefer to offer sufficiently favourable terms to induce voluntary redundancy, to preserve the morale of their remaining workforce; where this fails, compulsory redundancies may occur.

Redundancy, in general terms, refers to the quality or state of being redundant, that is: exceeding what is necessary or normal;

The term redundancy is used, with variations on the above meanings, in the following fields:

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