LABOUR REDEPLOYMENT

Relocation of the workforce to new professional tasks.

"The demand for labour has fallen in almost all episodes of transition and adjustment (except perhaps in those of China and Viet Nam) as a result of some combination of macroeconomic decline and labour redeployment. The reduction is most pronounced in sectors that are no longer economically viable. Almost no adjusting economy entirely escapes a temporary decline in real wages and increase in unemployment, but the size and duration of both effects differ from country to country. What ultimately makes the difference is how many new jobs are created and how quickly."
(Yadav, K., Employment Opportunities & Economic Policy, vol. 4, 2006, visited 2011-05-02)

Labour redeployment is part of a restructuring operation run by a country or a company experiencing a slowdown or simply looking to increase work productivity. This adjustment may be necessary because of economic change, technological innovation and global competition. Such relocations require flexibility and occupational mobility on the part of workers.

They can occur on a macroeconomic level, from a decaying economic sector to another economic sector; or on a microeconomic level, from one position or geographical site to another in the same firm.