Coping with Redundancy

Find emotional and practical support for coping with redundancy, including managing stress, maintaining wellbeing, and rebuilding confidence.

All About Redundancy Counselling

Good employers often make redundancy counselling services available to their outgoing staff. If that doesn’t happen to you, you can always contact one priv...

Depression as a Result of Redundancy

Just about everyone affected by redundancy is going to feel, at the very least, a little upset by it. Like divorce or the death of a relative, it is one of t...

Motivational Tips for When You Are Redundant

The first three months of your redundancy can be crucial as this is the time you are at your most motivated and most likely to find work. The longer you are...

Questionnaire: Can I Get a Bank Loan in Redundancy?

Just because you have been made redundant it does not mean that lenders and banks will start closing their doors to you. If you have been made redundant you...

Questionnaire: Do I Need to Join a Trade Union?

The importance of trade unions is often forgotten in modern society. Trade unions are still very popular among certain sectors of employment, such as larger...

Questionnaire: How do I Pay My Mortgage in Redundancy?

When you are made redundant you can have mixed feelings of anxiety, stress and worry. But one of the main concerns that people who have been made redundant h...

Questionnaire: Should I Take Early Redundancy If Offered?

If you are offered early redundancy your employer will normally offer you a hefty lump sum in a bid to entice you into leaving the company. Employers will do...

Taking a Break to Travel After Redundancy

Many of us harbour unfulfilled fantasies of going on a great round-the-world tour at some point in our lives. Somehow those two weeks per year on the Costa B...

Telling your Family

Redundancy doesn’t just affect you personally. It’s a blow to the whole family, and can have a significant effect on your life together. Telling your fam...

The Effects of Redundancy on Your Marriage

If you’re about to be made redundant, your finances are probably your chief concern. But redundancy can bring other problems in its wake, too. Both anecdot...

Why the Government are Charging for Unfair Dismissal Claims

It is not surprising that an increase in the number of people being made redundant has led to firms and employers experiencing a spike in the number of emplo...