reducing work size reasons

reasons for terminating employees (4)

-resignation by employee

-retirement of employee

-redundancy

-dismissal

resignation

employee decides to leave their job voluntarily

retirement

termination of employment due to employee reaching an age beyond which they don’t have to work

redundancy

termination of employment by the employer because the job is no longer needed

dismissal

termination by the employer because the employee has broken company rules or isn’t performing work to the required standard

reasons for downsizing workforce (2)

-fall in demand for product employee produces

-business may become more capital intensive

deciding which employee to make redundant (3)

-how productive employees are

-how old an employee is

-how often employees are late/absent from work in past year

legal controls (5)

contracts of employment

discrimination

health and safety

minimum wage

unfair dismissal