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Redundancy

Meaning in human resources, with examples

/rɪˈdʌndənsi/nounCommon term

In human resources, redundancy means: The ending of someone's employment because their job is no longer needed, for example after a restructure, a closure or a fall in work.

In Turkish: pozisyonun kaldırılması nedeniyle işten çıkarma, iş gereği fesih

How it is used

British English; Americans say layoff. People are 'made redundant', and companies run a redundancy consultation first. The reason is the job, not the person's performance. The payment is often called redundancy pay.

Example sentences

  1. Twenty people faced redundancy when the Bristol office closed.

  2. The redundancy consultation will last at least 30 days.

Common collocations

  • be made redundant
  • redundancy pay
  • voluntary redundancy
  • redundancy consultation
  • compulsory redundancy
  • lay offTo end workers' employment because there is not enough work or money, not because of anything they did wrong. The noun is layoff.
  • severance payMoney an employer pays to an employee whose job has been ended, often based on how long they worked there.
  • dismissalThe ending of an employee's contract by the employer, for example because of misconduct, poor performance or another reason the law allows.
  • terminationThe ending of an employment contract, usually by the employer, but in a wider sense for any reason, including resignation or the end of a fixed term.

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