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Coronavirus redundancies are understandable, but there are alternatives

  • Written by: Robyn Johns, Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations, University of Technology Sydney
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Redundancies are attractive to organisations in crisis. Although the payouts cost money upfront, they can reshape the remaining workforce to make it leaner and more fit for purpose.

On the other hand they can demoralise that workforce, and they are far from good for the rest of the economy.

One alternative, available to the employers of...

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