noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
compulsory redundancies
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the threat of compulsory redundancies
redundancy pay British English , severance pay American English (= pay when there is no longer a job for you )
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We invested our redundancy pay in a new business venture.
redundancy pay
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
compulsory
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The bulk of the jobs will go next year, and the company is promising there will be no compulsory redundancies .
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Hugh was at the Milton sit-in, where the workers won a fight to stop compulsory redundancies but lost the war.
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The foremen, members of the white-collar Manufacturing Science and Finance union, were protesting over the threat of compulsory redundancies .
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They are among 1,500 staff of the bank who are facing compulsory redundancy .
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Read in studio Management say any compulsory redundancies will be announced later.
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And there would be no more compulsory redundancies .
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The ballot came as a result of threats of compulsory redundancies .
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Labour moderates win over four of the hard left by agreeing that the cuts shall involve as few compulsory redundancies as possible.
statutory
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These figures highlight the low level of statutory minimum redundancy payments for both men and women.
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Furthermore, a statutory redundancy payment will be offset against the basic award.
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There would have been no more than the statutory redundancies .
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The scheme was subsidised by the taxpayer in the granting to employers of a sizeable rebate on each statutory redundancy payment made.
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The Secretary of State maintained that because of section 82 the applicant was not entitled to a statutory redundancy payment.
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As a result, a volunteer remains entitled to his statutory right to redundancy pay.
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Thus, Crown servants are not entitled to statutory redundancy payments, but most have the right not to be unfairly dismissed.
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The qualifying period for the right to statutory redundancy pay is two years.
voluntary
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Early retirement and voluntary redundancy schemes often result in the loss of some of the best people.
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Some 31,700 took voluntary redundancy and a further 5,400 disappeared as the result of disposals.
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Unemployment due to resignation or voluntary redundancy .
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Voluntary Redundancy A topic of interest to many companies at present is voluntary redundancy .
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Most of the jobs will disappear through hiving off divisions and seeking voluntary redundancies .
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Jack was offered voluntary redundancy in late August and it was confirmed that there was suitable accommodation at the Kings Lodge base.
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Ford wants to shed more than 1,400 jobs through voluntary redundancy , but Mr Adams said there were unlikely to be enough volunteers.
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Marconi wants to slash 4,000 more jobs, on top of the 4,000 through voluntary redundancy since April.
■ NOUN
costs
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Profits still tumbled from £68m to £33m but that includes £8m of redundancy costs .
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However, reorganisation provisions necessarily include provisions for operating costs , such as redundancy costs and administrative expenses.
money
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Quite unaware that he had a month's redundancy money coming, Cornelius finished his breakfast.
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They paid for the holiday out of her redundancy money .
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Dryden spent his £13,000 redundancy money on the plot of land where he illegally built the bungalow.
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He got his redundancy money but heard nothing about his pension.
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Even if it took every penny of his redundancy money .
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Another warning - don't be tempted to blow all your redundancy money .
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The redundancy money would be quite a bit but that was not the same as having a wage coming in.
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The bank provided him with £40,000 which, coupled with his redundancy money , provided the £70,000 he needed to get started.
notice
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A picket was organised last week after receivers Robson Rhodes refused to withdraw redundancy notices issued to 67 staff.
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The new contracts would also abolish the current 12-month redundancy notice .
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If there are not enough volunteers, the company has warned, compulsory redundancy notices will be issued.
package
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If the redundancy package is too generous many staff will opt for that and not even consider relocating.
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Seven centres will close as part of a nationwide redundancy package , with the loss of 1,000 jobs.
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Similarly the redundancy package was geared to match the relocation package so that staff would not base their decision on financial matters.
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Those unable to transfer will be offered a redundancy package and career counselling.
pay
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The tribunal ruled that all three women were entitled to redundancy pay .
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Thus the absence does not reduce accrued rights to redundancy pay or to notice entitlement.
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If Sandie does not want it she will still get redundancy pay .
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The last time I saved any money was my redundancy pay , but that soon went.
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His redundancy pay and bar work supported him while he did this.
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Some have worked at Bentley pianos for forty years, but they haven't been offered a penny in redundancy pay .
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As a result, a volunteer remains entitled to his statutory right to redundancy pay .
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The man from Bicester who blew his redundancy pay on a Rolls Royce.
payment
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Money from a redundancy payment should not affect your right to this benefit.
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The redundancy payments legislation allows employees a four-week trial period in which to make up their minds.
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These figures highlight the low level of statutory minimum redundancy payments for both men and women.
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As a result of this change, no statistics are now available on the size of redundancy payments made directly by employers.
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The employee may thus bring an unfair dismissal complaint or claim a redundancy payment .
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Equally, the right to a redundancy payment is subject to the rules about offers of alternative employment mentioned above.
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For an example of how the amount of a redundancy payment is arrived at see case no. 2 outlined below.
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She applied to her employer for a redundancy payment but was refused because of lack of funds.
programme
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The company had insisted the last 88 job cuts in a 2,200 redundancy programme had to be found before yesterday's deadline.
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It blamed increasing competition and the costs of its redundancy programme .
■ VERB
announce
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Read in studio Defence and Aerospace contractors Smiths Industries have announced another round of redundancies .
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Nationwide announced that 300 redundancies will be made when it closes 58 of its 361 estate agency branches.
avoid
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He says in some cases workers will have to accept lower wages to avoid redundancies .
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A programme of growth would create thousands of jobs and avoid the rail redundancies looming because of pit closures.
entitle
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The tribunal ruled that all three women were entitled to redundancy pay.
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The Secretary of State maintained that because of section 82 the applicant was not entitled to a statutory redundancy payment.
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Thus, Crown servants are not entitled to statutory redundancy payments, but most have the right not to be unfairly dismissed.
face
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The sale had been postponed in September amid court cases challenging its constitutionality and violent demonstrations by union members facing redundancy .
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Jobs threat: Five teachers at York's Lowfield School could face redundancy unless the opted-out school can balance its books.
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Time allowed 00:22 Read in studio Sixty workers at a clothing company could face redundancy because the firm is relocating.
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They are among 1,500 staff of the bank who are facing compulsory redundancy .
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For those who've faced redundancy , it's also restoring their pride in a job well done.
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They can not police the place for themselves or teach for themselves, yet 400 teachers face redundancy this year.
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They were told also that half of them would face redundancy .
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Thirty five nurses are also facing redundancy .
make
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In mid-1981 Virgin was doing badly; the company had made redundancies and the roster was being cut back.
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Because of low export sales, Jaguar is to make a further 700 redundancies .
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It hopes to make the redundancies voluntary.
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Swan Hunter is to make 1,400 redundancies because the company has been unable to find any new contracts.
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Yarrow Shipbuilders is to make 510 redundancies in its ship outfitting division.
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Non-redundancy dismissals By no means every dismissal occasioned by the need to restructure the business or to make economies is due to redundancy .
receive
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However, women receive lower redundancy payments than men and a larger proportion of them are ineligible for payments altogether.
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Everyone will, as per standing Union agreements, receive outplacement counselling, redundancy payments.
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More than two-thirds of those aged 60 or over when interviewed had received a redundancy payment of £3,000 or more.
take
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Some 31,700 took voluntary redundancy and a further 5,400 disappeared as the result of disposals.
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Management won and this official himself took redundancy in November 1986.
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The staff are being offered the choice of moving or taking redundancy .
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He could take the redundancy money and put it in a separate account!
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They feel threatened by the two alternative prospects - move or take redundancy .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The board are planning a restructuring which could mean hundreds of redundancies.
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These redundancies are necessary for the company to be able to survive.
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We hope to achieve staffing cuts through voluntary redundancy and a freeze on recruitment.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All employers used to receive a rebate of 35 percent of their redundancy bill from the Redundancy Fund.
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He says it won't become clear until there's a new owner but there may be redundancies.
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Make sure you have arranged mortgage Protection Cover and, if possible, insure yourself against sickness, redundancy or accident.
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The staff are being offered the choice of moving or taking redundancy .
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This redundancy extends to the number zero itself, which can be written 000 or 00 just as well as 0.
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Voluntary redundancies and natural wastage are expected instead of sackings.