redundancy
CEFR: C1
The termination of an employee’s contract because their job role is no longer needed by the company due to restructuring, downsizing, or automation.
Synonyms
- layoff
- retrenchment
- downsizing
Common Collocations
- make redundant
- redundancy package
- face redundancy
Example Sentence
Following the corporate merger, two hundred administrative staff were offered voluntary redundancy packages.