Redundancy Packages 裁员一揽子补偿

When I watch some news on TV, I often hear "redundancy package" mentioned, but I don't know what this term means. Could you explain it? Thanks.

A listener from Sichuan

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Redundancy is never far from the headlines and it is estimated that one in three of us are likely to experience it at some point in our working lives.

Redundancy is not the same thing as resignation which comes from the employee voluntarily; it doesn’t mean sacking either, which usually involves a serious mistake on the part of the employee.

So what is redundancy? Why are people made redundant? What does a redundancy package include?

People are looking for alternative employment in the UK

Yang Li speaks to BBC HR manager Tracey Lee to find out all about the concept of redundancy packages in the UK.

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