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Outplacement: The Polish Experience and Plans for Development in the Labour Market
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Abstract This chapter focuses on maintaining employment in the sector of small and medium-sized enterprises, which is crucial for the functioning of the economy. However, in an economic crisis, the changes in the area of employment of workers often become the foremost way of adapting to declining financial r... view more
This chapter focuses on maintaining employment in the sector of small and medium-sized enterprises, which is crucial for the functioning of the economy. However, in an economic crisis, the changes in the area of employment of workers often become the foremost way of adapting to declining financial resources, which are the result of reduction of interest in the offer of the organisation by the customers. These actions had proven to be particularly evident in the case of global financial and economic crisis, which also affected the Polish economy after 2008.
The chapter suggests that the layoffs lead to rise in unemployment. Thus, there is a need to promote the outplacement, which is, a technique oriented on responsible dismissals in order to support a smooth transition of laid-off workers to new workplaces. In this way, both employees and companies increase their chances of maintaining competencies and better adapt to market competition requirements.
This chapter explores the characteristics of the labour market policy in Poland, main features of the outplacement in the context of the crisis, examples of the outplacement implementation, plans for further development of the outplacement, and conclusions including directions for further research.... view less
Keywords
employment trend; unemployment; career prospect; personnel policy; activating labor market policy; workfare; public private partnership; social cohesion; labor market; Poland
Classification
Labor Market Policy
Human Resources Management
Free Keywords
Partnerships; Restructuring; Economic Restructuring; Outplacement; Cross-sectoral Cooperation
Collection Title
The European Social Model Adrift : Europe, Social Cohesion and the Economic Crisis
Editor
Romano, Serena; Punziano, Gabriella
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Publisher
Ashgate
City
Farnham
Page/Pages
p. 89-106
ISBN
978-1-4724-5445-4
Status
Preprint; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications