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09/12/2009
More council redundancies due |
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Over 400 jobs are to be axed at Birmingham City Council's social services department as public sector cuts continue to take place.
The positions will follow over 800 other redundancies at the authority - the largest in the UK with a population of just over one million - with expectations that a previous pledge not to make any compulsory redundancies will be unsustainable.
Such a situation may lead to employment claims arising for anyone forced to give up their role, should any procedures not be followed correctly.
Similarly, local authorities in the capital making cuts could also have to be careful do things in the right way and anyone who believes they have not been dealt with correctly or discriminated against may wish to take up their case with employment lawyers in London.
Elsewhere in the public sector, the government has made changes to its compensation scheme to trim perks that those being made redundant will receive, a move intended to save £500 million over three years.
Written by Pauline Adams
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