Eaga redundancies have featured in the news for the last couple of months as employees and employers
prepare for mass lay offs. This has been as a result of the tough and unpredictable economic crisis that will
necessitate these lay offs. Energy action grants was established by the government to assist warming of houses to
those more vulnerable to the change of weather especially the low income earners. Eaga was entitled to effect
efficiency in energy saving for homes which could not meet the budget for warming their homes.
The funding by the central government allowed the agency to grow which came along with more employment
opportunities for over one thousand employees. Reduction in funding from the central government has had far
reaching effects which has left the agency with only one option of slashing the work force to cope with the limited
allocation from the central government.
Eaga redundancies will reduce the work force by not less than seven hundred employees and already plans
are under way to start the redundancy process that will set the redundancy exercise rolling. In this case more than
a hundred employees will be affected and the recommended ninety days period notice has been issued with
consultations on the matter already underway.
Eaga redundancies came as a result of a limited allocation from the central government which has resulted to the
unavoidable slashing of the work force to be able to manage the budget within the agency. The good will of the
management and foreseeable government assistance will go along way to cushion the effects of the redundancy
exercise meant to phase out the affected employees. The agency has offered a voluntary redundancy package with the
consultation process going on to find the best way out. The long term effects of this redundancy exercise might not
be serious if the government will coordinate the necessary mechanisms and agencies to cushion the affected
employees in line with their rights and privileges.
Eaga redundancies will be carried out more of a voluntary
redundancy than the statutory redundancy which means the package will be better as the management has laid the
necessary plans for the exit.
Eaga might offer alternative employment for those who turn up for the voluntary redundancy package as the
agency is said to be consulting with other relevant energy suppliers to switch off to the supply of energy related
to environmental utilities. The process is in advanced stages as more and more companies join hands to work out the
best way to cope with demands for energy at the home front. The prospects of this deal are wide and many which mean
most of the employees affected might come back through another front but for the same purpose of keeping the home
warm.
The manner in which eaga redundancies is being handled has a lot for those keeping a keen eye on the
exercise. Similarly, this is another way of telling the world that even in tough times we can maintain good working
relationship as we focus on the future. It is also notable that we need to treat employers cordially even when we
might feel that we do not require them in the short term.
Knowing Your
Apprentice Redundancy Rights
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