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Handling Redundancy

By Susan Lavery - last updated on Fri, 22/10/2010 - 12:23

Are you facing the prospect of redundancies? Are you aware of the legal requirements as an employer when dismissing employees due to redundancy or on the ending of a fixed term contract?

Handling Redundancy
Location: 

NICVA, 61 Duncairn Gardens, Belfast BT15 2GB

Getting here and parking

Start: 
1 December 2010 - 10:00am
Cost: 
Free
Facilitator: 
Eilis Murray, Labour Relations Agency

NICVA is hosting a Handling Redundancy Seminar on 1 December 2010, to help organisations who may have to deal with redundancies.

Eilis Murray of the Labour Relations Agency will be facilitating the 2 hour seminar.

The session is aimed at Staff, Managers and Senior Mangers who are responsible for Human Resources and may have to face or deal with a potential redundancy situation.

The seminar will cover best practice approach to handling a dismissal due to a redundancy or ending of a fixed term contract.

It will also focus on:

  • the legal definition of redundancy
  • alternative strategies to avoid redundancies
  • varying a contract of employment
  • redundancy policies and procedures
  • alternative work and trial periods
  • payments due
  • insolvency
  • counselling or other assistance

Participants will have an opportunity to consider the potential risks in a redundancy situation and consider if their own organisational policies and practices in are within the context of fair dismissal.

Registration

Contact Margaret Thompson at NICVA to register on 028 9087 7777 or email: margaret.thompson@nicva.org

Further information

For more information about this event please contact at roisin [dot] kelly [at] nicva [dot] org or call 028 9087 7777.

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