Hundreds of former RUC officers have been rehired by the PSNI on temporary contracts after retiring with generous Patten redundancy packages.

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Mr Wilson said union officials would be going in to the factory on Thursday to negotiate redundancy packages for the workers.

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They included more power for shareholders to veto salary and redundancy packages, and encouragement for firms to increase diversity on their boards.

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South Swindon MP Robert Buckland, who attended a multi-agency meeting about the cuts said details of redundancy packages have yet to be confirmed.

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Mr Soar said employees whose jobs were to be cut would be offered above minimum redundancy packages and a chance to apply for jobs elsewhere in the Condor Group.

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Altered redundancy packages for UK staff were also announced.

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Since the system has a 20 percent redundancy, packages are dynamically rerouted to the right loading area when part of the building's conveyor intestines fail.

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Alternative packages are also on offer to staff who wish to choose redundancy.

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Vauxhall was good with the packages, the over-50s could take their pension in full, and the redundancy pay-outs were generous.

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