A relative ('s job) ring fenced?

oldwiring

Please can someone tell me what ring fencing means, and the implications for someone in such a situation, the ways he/she may be dis/ advantaged?

Yorkie1

Ring-fencing a position usually means that the pool of people who can apply for the position has been restricted.

If your relative is in that pool, then there is less competition for a job; if they are not in the pool, then they don't get to apply.

For example, a post might be ring-fenced to employees who are directly affected by a restrucure, or who are on the redundancy list, etc.

flashg67

I guess it means different things in different companies?

When we went through a 'restructure', if you were ring-fenced, it meant you were one of the lucky ones who didn't have to re-apply for their 'own' jobs and you were safe!

Tigsteroonie

flashg67 wrote: »

I guess it means different things in different companies?

When we went through a 'restructure', if you were ring-fenced, it meant you were one of the lucky ones who didn't have to re-apply for their 'own' jobs and you were safe!

Where I work, it's this ^^^ I'm involved in a restructure of around 600 jobs just now, and a certain number of those posts/people have been ring-fenced to go into the new structure unchanged; others have been mapped into new jobs with their agreement; and the rest are having to apply for the few remaining roles.