Redundancy and Outplacement Services
Are you thinking of making staff redundant?
At Human Resource Services we offer fully supported face-to-face and personal guidance services to employers and employees throughout the entire change management process.
Our qualified HR consultants have the knowledge and the experience to manage your redundancy or outplacement process from start to finish.
We can help you to:
- • Plan all stages of the redundancy process in accordance with legislative requirements
- • Manage consultation with employees
- • Generate all documentation
- • Facilitate the termination of affected employees
- • Manage communication with all relevant parties
- • Ensure procedural fairness and avoid adverse action
- • Provide ongoing support and outplacement services
- • Help manage the aftermath and the re-engagement of your existing workforce
We will work with you to make sure that you meet your goals efficiently and effectively with the level of help or assistance you require.
Redundancy Management
Redundancies must be genuine and procedurally fair in accordance with the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act).
However, the process can pose a significant risk to you and your business if you go about it the wrong way. You must also comply with any applicable consultation obligations in a modern award or enterprise agreement and identify whether there are any redeployment opportunities available prior to proceeding with termination.
The general idea of workplace change, or making roles redundant, is to save money to ensure that your business is sustainable and remains economically viable long term. But get it wrong, and the savings for your business can quickly fly out the window.
A redundancy will only be genuine if you no longer require anyone to perform the role. This can occur due to operational requirements of the business, such as:
- • restructuring;
- • downsizing;
- • closing down; and
- • outsourcing.
Outplacement Services
Supporting workers who are losing their jobs and minimising the potential of negative publicity is equally important to most organisations.
To help smooth out the process, outplacement services can provide the much needed support and reassurance that is often necessary to assist affected employees through this difficult transition.
Our Outplacement Service generally consists of:
- • Initial introduction and immediate support
- • Career advice
- • Resume preparation and assistance developing covering letters
- • Assistance in developing or improving Social Media presence
- • Career profiling, job/skills analysis and information on market opportunities
- • Strategies in job search techniques, efficient use of recruiters, use of social media and the gig economy
- • Interview coaching
- • On-going job search support, navigation and assistance for up to 6 weeks.
Our outplacement services are charged as a fixed fee allowing you to know exactly how much you need to budget.
Managing the aftermath
Redundancies are usually stressful for all stakeholders and parties involved. They can also create upheaval after they occur and moral amongst remaining employees can plummet.
We can help you overcome any resulting HR issues and develop a plan to re-engage the remaining workforce and provide as much or as little ongoing HR assistance as you require.
For more information, please contact us now on: (07) 5530 1571
