Area of expertise
Restructuring and redundancy plans
Protect the decision-makers. Preserve cohesion. Hold the deadlines.
A redundancy plan, a site closure or the renegotiation of a company agreement exposes leadership to considerable social, media and legal pressure. Our role is to support the leadership discreetly through the negotiation with employee representative bodies, to reach a robust social agreement without escalation and within the legal deadlines.
When we step in
How we work
We analyse the union balance of power, the real motivations of each organisation, and the non-negotiable points. That avoids false starts and unintended provocations.
We prepare the leadership's spokespeople: stance, messages, answers to the predictable demands, handling emotion in the room. A well-prepared leadership does not make the mistakes that feed conflict.
We define the sequencing of the sessions, which concessions to make and when, and where to hold firm. The aim is a signed agreement within the legal deadlines, without setting a precedent that harms the company.
Some restructurings attract the media or local political actors. We help contain the exposure and protect the reputation of the company and its leaders.
What you get
- ✓Absolute discretion, confidential handling end to end
- ✓Personal protection for exposed decision-makers
- ✓An agreement signed within the legal deadlines, without social escalation
- ✓Support measures the employees see as fair
- ✓Fewer individual claims after the plan