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How can national and regional governments encourage this type of approach, and how can the mainstream support services such as the PES work more closely with such schemes? National and regional agencies such as the PES need to be adaptable to the needs and circumstances of companies undergoing restructuring. The support agencies such as the PES need to be responsive to the needs of the restructuring employers and willing to work with pri

The cost of the scheme requires an enterprise with substantial resources and a social commitment. Transferability may be hampered by different legislative conditions governing, for example, the choice of employees to be made redundant (such as ‘last in, first out’ principles). The approach relies on the majority of support being provided by the PES and related agencies, and so it should be possible to replicate this elsewhere. The company

constant review to justify expenditure when set The cost of operating the pool is high and under against alternative uses. The duration of operation of the pool could be too long and difficult to stop Some trade unions remain critical of the scheme. There was no special support for the most vulnerable workers being made redundant. The success in placing redundant workers in other jobs will depend on the state of the labour market, which

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