The Complete Guide to Career Transition

Redundancy is one of the most significant psychosocial risk events in the employee lifecycle, and how it is handled shapes trust, culture and employer brand long after the process ends.

This guide gives HR leaders a practical framework for managing redundancy across all three phases: before, during and after. It covers what makes a redundancy genuine under the Fair Work Act, consultation and redeployment obligations, and when you must notify Services Australia. It examines recent Fair Work and High Court decisions, including Helensburgh Coal and CEVA Logistics, and what they mean for process design.

It also goes beyond compliance. You'll find guidance on psychosocial risk as a work health and safety duty, how to prepare leaders for notification conversations using our Notification Intelligence framework, and how to design transition support that works for every pathway, whether that's a new role, reskilling, self-employment or retirement.