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Examples from review Widespread minimum practice. • No examples cited, since it • was not the focus of this review. Widespread practice in • enterprises with robust employee representation and bargaining covering adjustment situations. No examples cited, since it was not the focus of this review. Energo Mont (Slovenia) • Better West Midlands • (England) GKN (England) • R2R regional adjustment • (

A typology for restructuring interventions and employment management

Indicative practice Company led – with provisions rarely going beyond minimum • requirements – company funded Likely to provide guaranteed periods of notice, required • declaration or referral to PES, severance pay or compensation in lieu of earnings. Company-led with trade union engagement, and company funded. • Primary aim of the company is to avoid labour disharmony and • protect positive employee relations environment. Emphasis on

Key focus for adjustment Ensuring that provisions for lay- offs meet national and statutory requirements. Providing for a prior negotiated or situationally agreed package of mainly compensatory support for lay-offs with enhanced provisions from minimum requirements (statutory, national or sectoral). Enhancements may be to severance pay, and will probably include some low-cost and short- term measures to aid skills development and job s

Table 1. restructuring Compliance Plus Area/Region)

Type of Compliance (local/plant/ company) (local/plant/ company) Cooperative (Company/