Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/226216 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Citation: 
[Editor:] Romano, S. [Editor:] Punziano, G. [Title:] The European Social Model Adrift: Europe, Social Cohesion and the Economic Crisis [Publisher:] Ashgate Publishing [Place:] Aldershot, England [Year:] 2015 [Pages:] 89-106
Publisher: 
Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, England
Abstract: 
This chapter focuses on maintaining employment in the sector of small and medium-sized enterprises, which is crucial for the functioning of the economy. However, in an economic crisis, the changes in the area of employment of workers often become the foremost way of adapting to declining financial resources, which are the result of reduction of interest in the offer of the organisation by the customers. These actions had proven to be particularly evident in the case of global financial and economic crisis, which also affected the Polish economy after 2008. The chapter suggests that the layoffs lead to rise in unemployment. Thus, there is a need to promote the outplacement, which is, a technique oriented on responsible dismissals in order to support a smooth transition of laid-off workers to new workplaces. In this way, both employees and companies increase their chances of maintaining competencies and better adapt to market competition requirements. This chapter explores the characteristics of the labour market policy in Poland, main features of the outplacement in the context of the crisis, examples of the outplacement implementation, plans for further development of the outplacement, and conclusions including directions for further research.
Subjects: 
Unemployment
Activation
Workfare
Public Private Partnerships
Social cohesion
Labour market policy
Partnerships
Labour markets
Restructuring
Workfare
Outplacement
Cross-sectoral Cooperation
JEL: 
E24
J14
J28
J68
Document Type: 
Book Part
Document Version: 
Accepted Manuscript (Postprint)






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