Redundancy Risk Management Service
With Redundancies on the rise right across all sectors of the economy, more and more organisations are having to come to terms with the significant risks associated with downsizing.
These risks are not just the legal implications of not implementing correct process and procedure, but also the impact on business and financial risks inherent in any redundancy programme.
For many people, this is their first experience of managing a redundancy programme in recent times and their major problem can often be - where to start?
Graphite, Ireland's leading independent provider of employment law compliance services, has a highly experienced team of HR consultants, a specialist barrister and out-placement experts who have a demonstrable record of managing the redundancy process from beginning to end.
Our expert team can support your organisation in some, or all of the following:
- Planning the total redundancy programme
- Assessing the true Financial impact of any programme
- Ensuring legal risks (e.g. claims of discrimination, unfair selection) are minimised
- Conduct negotiations with Trade Unions
- Advise on the Change Management process
- Develop your communications both internally and externally
- Advise and coach senior management (pre and post redundancy)
- Manage all redundancy paperwork and correspondence
- Support the Communications process
- Co-ordinate employee out-placement programme
- Advise management on post-redundancy support for employees
Contact Anne O'Callaghan of Graphite HRM to discuss an initial consultation
anne.ocallaghan@graphitehrm.com
or +353 1 662 7099
Redundancy Risk Management Service
CONSULTATION
The Graphite Team meet with the client to discuss the issues, the options, the risks (business and legal) and the redundancy costs
PRE-REDUNDANCY
Pre-Redundancy - the Graphite Team meet with the senior managers concerned to assess or develop their redundancy plan
- Evaluate the legal "soundness" of existing plans
- The strategic impact it will have on the organisation
- How to cover any gaps that redundancies may leave
- Assess costs, options and timing
- Trade Union response, if applicable
PLANNING
Pre-Redundancy - Communications
Graphite prepares a series of announcements
- These could be collective redundancy notice to the Minister or in-house staff announcements,
- Can also include external press releases
- Graphite prepare a series of one to one training or simple workshops for those managers directly involved in the redundancies
COMMUNICATION
- Graphite work discreetly with the Management team as advisors on the Communication plan
- Advise on the communication process and logistics"
POST-REDUNDANCY SUPPORT
- Graphite implements out-placement service
- Graphite provides in-house support - mediation, discussion groups etc
- Coaching for managers
- Performance Management and Goal Setting