Search Results for 'Redundancy'

Winner of the 2023 Dublin Film Critics Circle Award for Best Irish Documentary, 406 DAYS is produced by Fergus Dowd and directed by Joe Lee. It tells the story of 1,000 Irish Debenhams workers who were made redundant through a generic email on April 9 2020 after Debenhams UK Retail Ltd closed all 11 Irish stores, including their flagship store on Henry St. Dublin 1.

The stresses of Covid 19 have been compounded by economic stress for both employers and employees. Inevitably, the economic downturn created in certain sectors has led to large scale restructuring of businesses and unfortunately, redundancy plans are now in play with many companies, both local businesses and multinationals.

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has updated his colleagues regarding the introduction of a voluntary redundancy scheme in targeted sections of the public service.

I went through a redundancy process in April 2010. The redundancy was completely unexpected and I was left pondering when/where I would be working next, how long could I afford to finance myself while job seeking, would I have to consider relocating, and did I have the right skills for the current market.

Last week I looked at wage cuts. This week I’ll tackle the issue of redundancy.