More Applications for Redundancy Lodged with the Employment Offices in 1992 than 1991
More Applications for Redundancy Lodged with the Employment Offices in 1992 than 1991
The number of applications for redundancy approval made by firms to the regional employment offices in 1992 was 13% higher than in 1991. Redundancy approval was sought for a total of 85,669 workers. Collective redundancy - i.e. for 20 or more workers simultaneously - was requested for 7,777 employees.
61% of redundancies were for economic reasons, 19% for non-economic reasons, and 20% were due to incapacity to work.
During the last quarter of 1992 the number of redundancy applications for economic reasons rose sharply: the figures for the year were as follows; 11,164 in the first quarter, 11,154 in the second, 11,626 in the third quarter, but 18,222 redundancies in the fourth quarter.
On the total number of applications 6.2% were rejected and 17% withdrawn.
EU – European Commission DG EMPL/A/2 J
II 27,
Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Brussels – Belgium
GHK Consulting Ltd 30 St. Paul's Square, Birmingham. B3 1QZ
E-mail: eeo@ghkint.com
