Managing Redundancy Process: Why Human Conversations Matter as Much as Procedure
When HR leaders are managing redundancy process, there is often a strong focus on compliance, scoring, documentation and timelines. Those things matter. But as Aime Ayrehart explained on the Redundancy Matters podcast, that focus all too often can remove the humanity from the process.
Leading Through Loss: Understanding Grief in Redundancy
Redundancy is more than a process – it can feel like grief. Understanding this helps HR leaders better support employees through the emotional impact of job loss.
Redundancy During Maternity Leave: What HR Leaders Need to Know
Redundancy is never easy. But when it involves someone who is pregnant or on maternity leave, the situation becomes even more sensitive and complex.
Financial Wellbeing During Redundancy: What HR Leaders Need to Consider
Financial wellbeing during redundancy has a direct impact on employee mental health. HR teams can make a meaningful difference by signposting support and creating safe conversations – without giving financial advice.
Storytelling in Organisations: Bringing Humanity Back to Organisational Change
When organisations face major change – whether that’s a restructure, a new system or a redundancy programme – it’s easy to slip into process mode. Timelines, consultation meetings and communications plans can take over. But as Dr Susanne Evans, author of Change Stories, reminds us, real change happens through people and the way we talk to them.
Redundancy and Menopause in the Workplace: What Every HR Leader Needs to Know
When redundancy and menopause collide, the impact on women can be profound. In a recent Redundancy Matters podcast, executive coach and menopause consultant Angela Wilkins-Green shared her insights into how organisations can better support women navigating these two major life transitions – often at the same time.
From Redundancy to Resolution: Lessons in Humanity and Mediation
When it comes to managing redundancies, few people have seen more – or learned more – than Pete Colby, Director and Chief Mediator at Pragmatism UK. With decades of HR experience across British Steel, the food industry and Rolls Royce, Pete has been on every side of the redundancy table.
Putting People at the Heart of Collective Consultation
Collective consultation is never straightforward. There are the legal requirements to navigate, multiple stakeholders to manage and throughout it all, real people whose lives are being impacted. After 20 years in senior HR roles, including leading transformation work involving numerous collective consultations, Niki Corbishley from Noo Coaching knows this landscape well.
Building a Fair Redundancy Process: Why Equality Impact Assessments Matter
When redundancies are planned, there’s often an assumption that applying the same process to everyone automatically makes it fair. But as Victoria Dale, founder of Inclusion 365, explains, creating a truly fair redundancy process requires much more intentional planning and consideration of how different groups might be affected.
When Redundancy and Retirement Collide: Why Proper Planning Makes All the Difference
“Oh, don’t worry about so-and-so, they’ll just retire.”
It’s a phrase that comes up time and again when HR professionals are managing redundancies. The assumption is simple: older employees won’t need support because retirement is somehow the easy option.