Business restructuring and redundancy advice
Helping your business and people thrive through periods of change
Business restructuring and redundancies can be overwhelming, but it’s often necessary for your organisation to survive and thrive.
Our redundancy advice enables you to navigate steps, communicate with confidence and minimise disruption.
Whether you need us to plan or deliver your project, or both, we have dedicated organisational restructuring specialists on-hand to help you manage your complex business change initiatives and any impact they may have on your people.
Our business restructuring services include:
- Planning and scenario design: workforce planning, role mapping, timelines, and milestones
- Selection and documentation: criteria design, letters/packs, manager scripts, FAQs
- Consultation support: individual/collective consultation planning and facilitation
- Employee Representative Training: Training for Employee Representatives nominated for the consultation process in collective redundancies
- Severance and alternatives: modelling options, redeployment pathways, mitigation steps
- Stakeholder communication: internal comms plans, templates, and Q&A support
- Manager enablement: briefing sessions and talk tracks for difficult
We can also delivery industry-leading outplacement services to help your leavers find the right next opportunity
Redundancies are often an unfortunate byproduct of restructuring projects, but missing the opportunity to make the process as stress-free as possible can negatively impact not just your leavers, but your organisation as a whole.
NFP’s outplacement support is there for your people for however long they need it. This includes 90 days of onboarding support to help them settle into their next role, which you won’t find anywhere else on the market.
98% of people felt that working with their NFP career coach improved their experience of redundancy
What can you expect from NFP’s corporate restructure solution?
At NFP, our service is truly built around you, your organisation, and your people. By choosing us, you will benefit from:
- No lengthy tie-ins or confusing, painful renewal terms
- A bespoke solution, fully designed with you in mind
- Organisational change partners that act as a seamless extension of your business
- Strategic, operational, and tactical support, when and how you need it
- The ability to look after your peoples’ needs effectively, without extending your internal team’s capacity and capability unnecessarily
Frequently asked questions
Getting it right avoids costly legal claims, protects your reputation, and ensures you treat staff fairly. Irish employment law sets strict rules on redundancy, consultation, and notice. Failure to follow them can lead to claims at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).
Employers must have a genuine business reason for the redundancy, follow fair selection criteria, consult with employees (and unions if applicable), provide proper notice, and pay statutory redundancy (two weeks’ pay per year of service plus a bonus week, capped at €600 per week).
Common errors include not documenting the business case, failing to consult properly, using biased or unclear selection criteria, and trying to use redundancy as a disguise for performance issues – all of which can lead to unfair dismissal claims.
Clear, timely, and compassionate communication is essential. Employees should hear about changes directly from management, be given honest explanations, and know what support is available. This reduces uncertainty, preserves morale, and protects your employer brand.
You get specialist guidance through a complex, high-risk process, ensuring compliance and minimising legal exposure. Outsourcing also helps maintain impartiality, speeds up timelines, reduces stress for management, and reassures employees the process is being handled fairly and professionally.