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Survey: Three in four employers plan job cuts in 2009

Redundancies are back on the agenda for the majority of organisations, with no signs of the situation improving over the next 12 months, according to the results from the latest IRS survey.

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How many employees were made redundant in 2008?
National redundancy figures
How many redundancies are expected in 2009?
Reasons for redundancies in 2008
Reasons for planned redundancies in 2009
Steps taken to minimise compulsory redundancies in 2008
Voluntary redundancies
Impact of redundancies
Role of HR
Our research
Table 1: Percentage of employers making redundancies in 2008 and 2009, by size and sector
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