What’s at stake: Employers are now expected by the courts to be proactive in redeploying a redundant worker into a new role in the organisation where they can.
Background: Redeployment includes into roles that are either the same or similar to what a worker has or ones that are different to what they are currently doing. Employers face hefty fines for getting the process wrong.
Key players: Employees, employers, the Employment Relations Authority, the Employment Court.
Higher expectations are being placed on employers to redeploy workers they are making redundant, says Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA) head of legal Mauro Barsi.
Given the number of businesses struggling in the current tough economic climate, it’s hard to get a job and hard to keep
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What’s at stake: Employers are now expected by the courts to be proactive in redeploying a redundant worker into a new role in the organisation where they can.
Background: Redeployment includes into roles that are either the same or similar to what a worker has or ones that are different to what they are currently doing. Employers face hefty fines for getting the process wrong.
Key players: Employees, employers, the Employment Relations Authority, the Employment Court.
