Outplacement

Socially Acceptable Severance Management with Outplacement Services

Reducing headcount without neglecting your social responsibilities - as a company that heeds good governance, that should be one of your main goals. We can help you handle your severance management with individualized outplacement assistance and transition services. Our recruiters assist affected employees with their career transition. In intensive coaching, we can prepare them for their new tasks and attractive jobs – or give advice on starting their own businesses. We can consult you personally and find the best method of personnel adjustment for your business. For measures that preserve social peace and strengthen your reputation.

Benefits at a Glance

With TÜV Rheinland as your partner for outplacement and transition management:

  • You get extensive support in all matters of workforce transition - up to moderation services for your negotiations with affected employees or employee representatives.
  • You choose solutions individually tailored to the needs of your business.
  • You can secure a good working environment, despite reductions in headcount.
  • Employees made redundant can boost their market value through our training programs and increase their chances of successful job placement.
  • You benefit from our years of experience in human resource management, especially as a transition compay in outplacement, and from our extensive market and industry knowledge

Our Services for Socially Acceptable Severance Management

Group Outplacement: Continued Employment until Expiry of Period of Notice

If you can and want to employ your staff until the expiry of the notice, why not take advantage of transition services in accordance with in accordance with the social security code (§ 216 a of Sozialgesetzbuch, or SGB III). We can guide your employees through intensive coaching and help them with placement. The goal: to find a new labor contract prior to expiry of the notice period. At the same time, our services also ensure that your best employees manage their corporate responsibilities as planned until the end of their period of notice or can conduct their handover in a structured manner. The term of the transition agency averages between three and six months. The costs of implementing the transition agency are borne at 50%, if all conditions are met. Per participant, the maximum reimbursement rate is €2,500.

Group Outplacement: Immediate Transitions through a Transition Company

Are you unable to employ your personnel until the end of their period of notice? Then take advantage of transition services in accordance with the social security code (§ 216 b of Sozialgesetzbuch, or SGB III). We can take responsibility for setting up a transition company. With a so-called tripartite agreement, all labor contracts are dissolved by agreement, and your former employees get secure, fixed-term employment with our transition company. Duration: 12 months maximum. This clean break gives all parties sound legal security and maintains a peaceful business climate in your company. The transition company ensures ongoing employment status and takes care of those affected with individualized outplacement services. The objective: placement in the labor market.

Individual Outplacement

In individual outplacement, we offer professional support for your employees to help them find new positions or to set up their own business. In close cooperation and an atmosphere of confidence, our personnel advisor analyzes your job seeker’s potential and draws up a career pathway plan. The service is divided into three phases: analysis, strategy, and repositioning.