Redundancies in a sentence

A spokesperson for the company said the redundancies were largely in administrative roles rather than warehouse positions.

But it’s still “too early to generalise” about white-collar redundancies by extrapolating from the wave of tech announcements, Broer said.

During the pandemic, many companies at Gatwick Airport made large-scale redundancies and cut the pay and conditions of their remaining staff.

Earlier this week, labor union Unite said Barclays had informed staff of redundancies affecting 900 employees in the United Kingdom.

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He added that problems worsened when Yellow tried to reduce its debt and eliminate financial redundancies by shutttering 24 of its 300 truck terminals.

Hundreds, including some of the sector's biggest names, have revealed redundancies in recent weeks.

Initially announced in September, Vistry's tie-up includes plans to cut the number of regional business units to 27 and impose about 200 redundancies.

In January, UEA said it was looking to make compulsory redundancies, due to "the effects of Covid, the tuition fee freeze, pressures on student numbers and rising costs".

It comes as Europe's biggest-selling newspaper, Germany's Bild tabloid announced around 200 redundancies as part of a €100m cost-cutting programme that would see a number of editorial roles replaced by AI.

Many of the big media firms that have recently let go of large numbers of staff have blamed a worsening economic climate for the redundancies.

Ms Smyth also told Newstalk that, having also spoken to the Ms Martin, she is “sure that that is not the intention of the government” to implement redundancies or split up RTE, saying that staff would not become “collateral damage”.

O Boyle spoke in detail about how the council would not support any moves that would lead to a reduction in customer service or redundancies.

Redundancies could affect anyone, no one is really safe, especially catering and customer-facing roles.

Thames Water reportedly told the GMB trade union at a meeting on Thursday that it is to start consulting on up to 140 redundancies.

The ABC is reportedly weighing up a number of redundancies as staff fight for better pay and improved conditions.

The ONS business survey also showed that 5 per cent of companies are planning to make redundancies over the next three months.

The plan would protect more than 2,300 jobs over a decade and would see no compulsory redundancies at Port Talbot.

There has been a fresh run of mass redundancies in the Aberdeen oil sector, with the industry’s reaction to the current SNP/Green Government attitude of stopping all further oil/gas developments in the North Sea.

These activities included reducing layers, consolidating support functions and eliminating redundancies between business units and corporate in an effort to continue to lower our SG&A.