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9 Nov 2015 1 min read Employment Retrenchment Guideline Article

In the following Thought Leadership, we answer your pertinent questions around consultations, large-scale retrenchments, facilitation vs non-facilitation, selection criteria, voluntary separation packages and vacancies-bumping.

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