asituationin which alargenumberofemployeesof acompanylosetheirjobswithin ashortperiod:In acollectiveredundancysituation,employersmustconsultwithrepresentativesof theaffectedemployees.(Definition ofcollective redundancyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcollective redundancy
collective redundancyThe operation of this requirement is being considered in the context of the current review of thecollectiveredundancyprovisions.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0We reached a point of considerable uncertainty where it looked as though an employer had to consult in cases ofcollectiveredundancyonly if there were a recognised trade union.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Is it the rise in unemployment, collective redundancies and seasonal employment which so concerns the rapporteur?FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishEmployers are already required to inform and consult employees' representatives in good time before collective redundancies.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0We have therefore limited the statutory obligation to consult through representatives to collective redundancies.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Many employers will never, or will rarely, be faced with having to make collective redundancies or be involved in a business transfer.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0This requires consultation of employee representatives before collective redundancies can be made.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Those provisions were revised and improved last year and we are satisfied that they implement the collective redundancies directive.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0But many employers will never, or very rarely, be faced with having to make collective redundancies or be involved in a business transfer.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0We also urge you to revisit the directive on collective redundancies in order to incorporate the procedures needed to prevent the requirement to inform workers being contravened.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/collective-redundancy##
