Looking on the HSE website today, I searched for 'redundancy' and found (apart from a lot of references to the word being used in an engineering context), a link to a document 'Staffing Levels'

- http://www.hse.gov.uk/hu...levels-briefing-note.pdf

It also references within it, amongst other things, the Management Standards & 'Organisational change and major accident hazards' as other helpful documents.

I think this is a very helpful document for any organisation undergoing staffing reductions, with much bullet pointed quick items of advice to help keep thinking issues through. But I would welcome forum users thoughts on what other helpful general advice from a senior regulator such as the HSE to give to a senior management team during a redundancy consultation process already in progress at the moment. The industry is oil & gas, incorporating hazardous processes on and off shore. The company hasn't yet incorporated the stress management standards but otherwise has supportive functions such as HR doing a good job in the consultation meetings.