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In these difficult economic times, many businesses are looking to reduce their wage bill in order to ensure survival. Ultimately, this may mean that redundancies will be required, but there are other options. From a legal, commercial, and arguably moral standpoint, redundancy should always be the last resort. The law requires an employer to consider alternatives to redundancy, while commercially, most employers will want to retain good staff in anticipation of the upturn, and avoid the morale shattering effect of letting people go. So what are the options, and what legal challenges do they present?

Last week I looked at wage cuts. This week I’ll tackle the issue of redundancy.

The system that determines the pay and conditions for about 170,000 workers in the country is out of date, totally inappropriate for the current economic circumstances and in need of a radical overhaul, according to IBEC.

The workers at ICT Eurotel in Belmullet yesterday were meeting with their employers as they tried to thrash out a fair redundancy deal for themselves. The company, which does not recognise trade unions, refused the workers’ request for a union representative to help them work out the terms of their redundancy and asked instead for six workers to be sent forward to hammer out the deal.

What a difference a year makes! With the landscape for managing business ever changing — due to the prevailing economic conditions, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Western Region has put together a programme of events to run from now until April 2010.

On Thursday September 17 the Midlands branch of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) will launch their 2009/2010 programme of events in conjunction with FAS Excellence Through People (ETP). The event, which is kindly co-supported by the Hodson Bay Hotel and FAS, will take place at the Hodson Bay Hotel at 6pm.

Market research conducted by Atlantic College when designing its part-time course programme shows that the needs of adult learners are changing rapidly. Learners now require short, sharp, skills-focused courses that are accredited by trusted organisations. These skills may then be used to immediate effect as employment currency.

The importance of networking in these challenging times was backed up at the CIPD West gala dinner dance sponsored by CCP Recruitment for the eighth consecutive year, when more than 300 human resources and business representatives from a variety of private and public sector organisations throughout the western region gathered to honour their peers.

The importance of networking in these challenging times was backed up at the CIPD West gala dinner dance sponsored by CCP Recruitment for the eighth consecutive year, when more than 300 human resources and business representatives from a variety of private and public sector organisations throughout the western region gathered to honour their peers.

As part of National Women’s Enterprise Day, County and City Enterprise Boards are offering mentoring clinics at their daylong conference in Mullingar on November 20. Delegates will be offered confidential, one-to-one sessions with experienced business mentors for 15 minute appointments, aimed at facilitating a general discussion around the issues facing their business.