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Employment matters to remain in focus in 2009
12/06/2009
Issues concerning employment in Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK will remain in the limelight throughout this year in light of continuing redundancies, according to debt charity Credit Action.
Reacting to recent figures from Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) showing that enquiries about debt and redundancies had increased by 179 per cent in the last year, the organisation's director Chris Tapp said this was astounding.
He remarked: "The figures are certainly surprising but I think we would certainly expect the enquiries on employment related issues to remain high during 2009.
"There are no imminent signs of redundancies abating," he stated, adding: "As a result of employment issues remaining high, debt issues will not go away."
According to the CAB figures, employment-related problems saw a 17 per cent increase compared to last year, as 83,024 new enquiries on redundancy were recorded in 2008/09 compared to 38,745 in 2007/08.
Some 137,406 new enquiries contributed to a 24 per cent increase on bankruptcy-related calls.
Lyn Harris, head of the employment law department at Wilson Nesbitt Solicitors, commented that "redundancy is unfortunately a necessary step for a lot of businesses faced with lower work volumes".
She added: "Employees, more than ever before, need to scrutinise employment contract conditions and ensure they seek the advice of a solicitor specialising in employment law when they find themselves involved in a redundancy process or if they have recently been made redundant."
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Reacting to recent figures from Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) showing that enquiries about debt and redundancies had increased by 179 per cent in the last year, the organisation's director Chris Tapp said this was astounding.
He remarked: "The figures are certainly surprising but I think we would certainly expect the enquiries on employment related issues to remain high during 2009.
"There are no imminent signs of redundancies abating," he stated, adding: "As a result of employment issues remaining high, debt issues will not go away."
According to the CAB figures, employment-related problems saw a 17 per cent increase compared to last year, as 83,024 new enquiries on redundancy were recorded in 2008/09 compared to 38,745 in 2007/08.
Some 137,406 new enquiries contributed to a 24 per cent increase on bankruptcy-related calls.
Lyn Harris, head of the employment law department at Wilson Nesbitt Solicitors, commented that "redundancy is unfortunately a necessary step for a lot of businesses faced with lower work volumes".
She added: "Employees, more than ever before, need to scrutinise employment contract conditions and ensure they seek the advice of a solicitor specialising in employment law when they find themselves involved in a redundancy process or if they have recently been made redundant."
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