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Redundancy means a job disappears regardless of who has been doing it. Redundancies may happen because an employer needs to reduce the workforce in response to a change in working methods or as part of a drive to increase efficiency. The number of employees in one department may be decreasing while numbers in another department are growing according to the organisation's needs.
Updated: 28 November 2007