Employers 'should include staff in discussions concerning redundancies'

Firms should engage with their workers when deciding on strategies to cope with the recession, it has been claimed.

According to a representative from the Institute of Employment Rights, failure to include staff members when discussing such options as redundancies can result in employees becoming disgruntled.

Director of the organisation Carolyn Jones made her comments in the wake of figures from human resources firm Chiumento, which revealed that 246,000 people were made redundant in the UK during the second quarter of this year.

She stated: "[Businesses] shouldn't impose from above a quick fix for an immediate problem, so [for example] they get a bill in they can't pay and somebody is out the door, losing their job."

If workers are not treated with sufficient respect, their discontent will become a "ticking time bomb", Ms Jones added.

Alternatives to axing staff numbers through redundancies include agreeing on shorter working weeks and arrangements to cut overtime, the expert pointed out.
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07/10/2009 16:55

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