Like other employers, government departments and public sector organisations sometimes need to reassess and reduce their staff. This can be to cut costs, improve how things are run, or reorganise based on new priorities. When large numbers of staff leave for these reasons, it usually happens through employee exit or redundancy schemes.
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This guide is intended to help government departments and other public sector organisations, as well as audit teams and other external reviewers, assess how employee exits and redundancies in government are being conducted.
It sets out what we look for when we are examining government exit schemes, and our expectations for how exit and redundancy processes should be carried out.
Downloads
- Good practice guide - Government exits and redundancies (.pdf — 2 MB)
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