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redundancy
verbs
make redundancies
• The company is to make 1,400 redundancies.
face redundancy
• Up to 300 leather factory workers are facing redundancy.
take/accept redundancy
• Twenty staff members took voluntary redundancy.
volunteer for redundancy
(= offer to take redundancy )
• Nearly 40% of the workforce volunteered for redundancy.
adjectives
compulsory redundancies
(= when workers are forced to be redundant )
• He promised there would be no compulsory redundancies.
voluntary redundancies
(= done willingly, without being forced )
• Wherever possible the cuts will be achieved by voluntary redundancies.
mass/large-scale redundancies
• The company is preparing large-scale redundancies at its British factories.
redundancy + NOUN
redundancy money/pay
• He spent his redundancy money on a plot of land.
a redundancy payment
• He was not entitled to a redundancy payment.
redundancy terms
(= the conditions of a redundancy agreement, for example how much money someone will receive )
• Some staff had chosen to go because the voluntary redundancy terms were attractive.
a redundancy package
(= a set of things offered to someone who is being made redundant )
• The trade union negotiated a generous redundancy package for its members.
a redundancy notice
(= a printed statement telling a worker that they are being made redundant )
• 1,100 of the bank's 1,260 staff in the UK were given redundancy notices.
phrases
a round of redundancies
(= one set of redundancies in a series )
• The industry has announced a new round of redundancies.
a wave of redundancies
(= a sudden increase in the number of redundancies )
• The latest wave of redundancies resulted in 4,000 job cuts.
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noun ADJ. large-scale, major, mass, massive The closure of the mine led to large-scale redundancies. | widespread | threatened | compulsory, enforced, forced | voluntary QUANT. round, wave a fresh wave of redundancies VERB + REDUNDANCY make The bank will be making 3,500 redundancies over the next five years. | lead to, result in | avoid | announce | be threatened by/with, face Sixty workers at a clothing factory face redundancy because the firm is relocating. | accept, take, volunteer for Those choosing to take redundancy will receive the company's standard redundancy terms. REDUNDANCY + VERB occur, take place REDUNDANCY + NOUN policy | programme | notice Redundancy notices have been sent to 200 workers. | compensation, package, terms | money, pay, payment | costs Most of the companies' losses stemmed from redundancy costs. PHRASES the threat of redundancy
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