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.
Your heel is the back part of your foot. Achillesâ heel was the only place the great warrior could be wounded in such a way that the injury wouldnât heal. Thus any striking weakness can be called an âAchillesâ heel.â To remember the meaning of âheal,â note that it is the beginning of the word âhealth.â.