The experiences of workers being made redundant are to be considered in an international collaboration that could ultimately help determine government, EU and corporate policy.
Leeds University Business Schoolís Centre for Employment Relations Innovation and Change (CERIC) has been awarded funding from the Worldwide Universities Network to assess the challenges and possible consequences of the global recession and evaluate possible responses to redundancy.
The project, ìRestructuring, redundancy and sustainable employment: the challenges of the contemporary economic crisisî, will be carried out with CERIC leading a partnership of universities across Europe, Canada, the US and Australia. Researchers will consider approaches to organisational restructuring in a range of countries and employment sectors, assess the effectiveness of government policies and examine the redundancy experiences of workers and the support they receive.
Professor Mark Stuart, Director of CERIC said:- ìPrevious research has tended to neglect the wider social significance of redundancy and workersí ëreal lifeí experience of job loss. This study draws together experience from across the world to look not simply at employersí restructuring processes but to address the most significant social implications of restructuring and recommend solutions that will be sustainable in the long term.î
The project starts in May 2009 and is scheduled to deliver its findings by the end of 2010.
Policy change on the cards for redundant workers?
The experiences of workers being made redundant are to be considered in an international collaboration that could ultimately help determine government, EU and corporate policy
