Retrenchment may sometimes be a necessary part of securing future employment for large sections of the workforce. However, the key to a good outcome lies in developing and implementing a retrenchment procedure that achieves the commercial aims of the process while minimizing the impact of job losses on workers and communities. Such a procedure, often encapsulated in a retrenchment plan, should be founded on widespread consultation (particularly with workers and their representatives) and should seek to
Achilles [(uh-kil-eez)] In classical mythology, the greatest warrior on the Greek side in the Trojan War. When he was an infant, his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river, but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable.
An Achilles heel is a weakness in spite of overall strength, which can actually or potentially lead to downfall.While the mythological origin refers to a physical vulnerability, idiomatic references to other attributes or qualities that can lead to downfall are common. Synonyms.he use of âAchilles heelâ as an expression meaning âarea of weakness, vulnerable spotâ dates only to 1840, with implied use in Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's Ireland, that vulnerable heel of the British Achilles! from 1810 (Oxford English Dictionary).