In an economy shaped by increasing globalisation, disruptive Internet businesses and fast-changing consumer preferences, redundancies are a fact of business life. So what are your options when you have to let good people go? How can you balance financial drivers with the ethical and leadership imperative to help loyal staff who you can no longer employ?

No matter how grave a situation, leaders need to always look ahead, learn and plan for the future. Based on our experience in senior management and HR roles, we have drafted a checklist to help plan how your people and organisation will need to respond as we return to the new normal.

If your organisation has multiple functions, divisions or operates in numerous territories, it may be more effective to run through this checklist separately for each for them.

This document is divided into several sections:

1. Immediate priorities
2. Organisation Renewal
3. Employment and Redundancy
4. People Status
5. Returning to Work
6. Seeking support

To see other, related resources please visit our Covid Resources page. Or if you would like to discuss any aspect of this with us, please call 0121 663 1710 or email info@workhorizons.com

This is one of a series of checklists for business leaders and managers, focused on emerging safely from the COVID crisis, avoiding issues around employment law and rebuilding teams that are motivated and ready to take the business forward successfully.

This document is divided into several sections:

1. General considerations
2. Effectiveness of internal communications
3. Building resilience
4. Wellbeing and wellness
5. Dealing with a second wave
6. Seeking support

To see other, related resources please visit our Covid Resources page. Or if you would like to discuss any aspect of this with us, please call 0121 663 1710 or email info@workhorizons.com