词组 | redundancy |
释义 | redundancy /rɪˈdʌndənsi/ noun BrE a situation in which a company takes away someone’s job, usually because it has financial problemsadjectives/nouns + redundancyvoluntary redundancy (=done willingly, without being forced) Wherever possible, the cuts will be achieved by voluntary redundancies.compulsory redundancy (=when workers are forced to leave their jobs) The director promised that there would be no compulsory redundancies.mass/large-scale redundancies (=of a lot of people) The company is preparing large-scale redundancies at its factories.verbsface redundancy Up to 300 workers are facing redundancy.announce sb’s redundancy The redundancies at the factory were announced earlier this week.redundancies are planned The chairman said that no more redundancies are planned in the near future.be threatened with redundancy Over 1,000 employees are threatened with redundancy.make redundancies We may be forced to make some redundancies if the economic situation does not improve.redundancy + nounsredundancy pay/payment/money He was not entitled to a redundancy payment because he had not been with the company for very long.a redundancy package (=all the money and other benefits that are offered to someone who is being made redundant) The trade union negotiated a generous redundancy package for its members.sb’s redundancy notice (=a letter telling someone that they have lost their job) 1,100 of the bank’s 1,260 staff were given redundancy notices.a redundancy programme The company has completed a redundancy programme which has seen 400 staff lose their jobs globally.phrasesthe threat of redundancy The threat of redundancy hangs over the workers.a round/wave of redundancies (=a group of redundancies) The latest wave of redundancies resulted in 4000 job cuts. |
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