I read that the Government has so far paid more than £20 million in one-off redundancy payments as part of the "bonfire of the quangos", figures have revealed.
The statistics, obtained by the BBC under the Freedom of Information Act, showed there have been almost 1,000 redundancies from 29 of the 481 public bodies being wound down in cost cutting measures.
One employee from The Crown Prosecution Service was paid £200,000, according to the data. I wonder how much negotiation went on then.
The Government has announced that 192 quangos will be abolished and a further 289 changed by merging them with other groups.
Now this shows that redundancy is a significant cost for organisations and it is also by no means a great solution. Some staff will dispute the redundancy and legally challenge.
It will be interesting to see to what extent Local Authorities will follow this route and focus on performance management.
We are devising a course which focuses on how management can use performance management techniques to avoid going down the redundancy route.
Justin Patten, Mediator and Trainer