Redundancy and retrenchment are two terms that are sometimes
confused by employers and employees.
Redundancy occurs when a specific role is no longer required
because of operational changes within a business. Once a position
is redundant, the employee holding that role can either be
redeployed (moved into another job for the same employer) or
retrenched (lose their job).
Redundancy
We often see employees referred to as being made redundant, but
a more accurate description is that the job the employee was
employed to perform has become redundant, not the employee.
Many factors can contribute to changes in operational
requirements, including the state of the market in which the
business operates or steps taken to improve efficiency by
installing new processes, equipment, or skills. For example, when a
machine or new technology can replace a job currently performed by
an employee. When a business identifies jobs that are no longer
required due to operational
