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Understanding restructuring: Taking a part-time puzzle, providing a full-time fix

Mychaela Browne
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Redundancy needs to be handled fairly and with care [Image: Andrii Yalanskyi on Stock]

My administration team currently comprises three part-time administrators working a range of part-time hours from eight to 12 hours a week. It has started to cause issues with business continuity, and I would like to streamline the team to one administrator for 30 hours per week. Can I make the existing roles redundant? – Flustered and stressed, Waikato

There are several important considerations when dealing with the process of redundancy.