Learn english with lets talk free english lessons recommended for you. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. I was made redundant from british rail toc a while ago. Benefit so as to maintain normal pay during defined periods of absence on account. The closure of the mine led to largescale redundancies. Not to be confused with an oxymoron where two terms of the same phrase literally contradict each other or euphamism a phrase used to change the emotional charge of a a word or phrase. Redundancy definition, the state of being redundant. The bank will be making 3 500 redundancies over the next five years.
What we dont want to get into, is a situation where we are arguing with the company at a time when we need to be clear about what the individuals terms of reference are. Redundancy key points to remember this document is intended to act as a source of general information to members who, as employers, may be facing a redundancy situation. Redundancy definition for englishlanguage learners from. Redundancy means superfluity or using words unnecessarily or using words for a second time. Redundancy article about redundancy by the free dictionary. This series is continued in redundancy in data storage. Redundancy is basically extra hardware that is used as backup in the event the main hardware fails. High redundancy is achieved by automatic failover, and more so when the backup device is completely separate from the primary device. Those that transferred over kept their br pension, safeguarded travel facilities and start date of employment dates back when they started with br. Annex a list of respondents to the call for evidence on collective. It is clear that the existing red book collective agreements have not been. Using redundancy as a guideline we can see the following fields of informatics. Definition and synonyms of redundancy from the online english dictionary from macmillan education this is the british english definition of redundancy.
Rail staff travel guide for safeguarded staff rail delivery group. Following are some of the common redundancies in english. Find out what is the most common shorthand of redundancy on. This report contains the results of esas definition study phase b1. Redundant definition of redundant by the free dictionary. He is a recognized leader in developing new technologies and has extensive experience in datacenter operations and.
More often, however, the phrases weigh down our writing with unnecessary words. The decision cannot be challenged unless it is not genuine. User interface complexity increases when a single feature or hypertext link is presented in multiple ways. In this sentence, the words cooperate and together have been used. In specific contexts, some of these phrases may serve a purpose. Michael lyle is cto and cofounder of translattice, and is responsible for the companys strategic technical direction.
Synonyms for redundancy include excess, superfluity, surplus, overabundance, superabundance, surfeit, bellyful, fat, overage and overflow. Redundancy and fault tolerance ensures that service is always available even in the event of a failure. In the case of powerlink network redundancy, a further distinction can be made between ring redundancy and cable redundancy. Employees within scope of the red book are all craft and associated employees. Mr b mcelvogue v network rail infrastructure ltd 25009012016. Redundancy definition termination of employees for business reasons, such as poor economic conditions. Redundancy sometimes produces less, instead of greater reliability it creates a more complex system which is prone to various issues, it may lead to human neglect of duty, and may lead to higher production demands which by overstressing the system may make it less safe.
This may be permanent or temporary, for example, closure of a restaurant for refurbishment. Redundancy is designed to prevent a failure of service and loss of data. Redundance definition, the state of being redundant. Redundancy definition in the cambridge english dictionary. Frequently asked questions faqs rail delivery group. The njc green book covers continuous service for the purposes of entitlements including redundancy, but does not cover the amount of redundancy pay. Because of agreement a requirement in many languages that the form of different words in a phrase or clause correspond with one another the same semantic information may be expressed several times.
Redundancy can refer to either controller or network redundancy. I have referenced the red book as this is the most common scenario, but this applies to any contractual situation. Redundance definition and meaning collins english dictionary. As much as you hate the redundancy of math drills, you have to admit that repetition. Conditions of service stood off arrangements network rail r m t. Sixty workers at a clothing factory face redundancy because the firm is relocating. A combination of controller and network redundancy maximizes protection against failures across the entire automation system.
Voluntary redundancy meaning in the cambridge english. Data redundancy, database systems which have a field that is repeated in two or more tables. Redundancy definition of redundancy by the free dictionary. What do the endorsements mean on the staff travel card. Payment and settlement systems in selected countries the red. Provision or existence of more than one means or resources to perform an activity or function. Collective redundancy consultation for employers facing insolvency. This problem is never worse than when it comes to a redundancy situation and the company dont believe that an individual has a right to the. How to say redundancy in latin whats the latin word for redundancy. Gross basic salary will be defined for the purpose of this document as basic pay plus. Morrish litigator negotiates serp settlement for tssa member. Thousands of bank employees are facing redundancy as their employers cut costs. Redundancy definition of redundancy by merriamwebster.
This can include anything from the simple backing up of data to multiple instances of hardware. In any case where redundancy is threatened, specific advice and. Definition of redundancy written for english language learners from the merriamwebster learners dictionary with audio pronunciations, usage examples, and countnoncount noun labels. Our concern here is with eliminating needless repetition redundant expressions that make writing longer, not better. Example redundancy policy for a privatized railway ppiaf. Data processing converting numbers to numbers transforming from a lowredundancy code to another lowredundancy code examples. English lesson to reduce redundancy and improve english speaking style. Those choosing to take redundancy will receive the companys standard redundancy terms. This document is a redundancy policy statement of a privatized freight rail operator.
Redundancy payments continuity of employment in local government. Redundancies can be forced or voluntary in the case of voluntary redundancies there are usually incentives offered to outgoing employees, such as extended garden leave or more valuable severance packages. Responses to call for evidence on collective redundancy. Users rarely understand duplicates as such, and often waste time repeating efforts or visiting the same page twice by mistake. Landlords could be alerted meaning they could commence crar action thereby. Further more detailed information and template letters are available in the redundancy guidelines for members which may be found on assist. I am aware that thales has produced a new redundancy policy but this. View american english definition of redundancy change your default dictionary to american english. Redundancy engineering, the duplication of critical components or functions of a system with the intention of increasing reliability redundancy information theory, the number of bits used to transmit a message minus the number of bits of actual information in the. What you do is shown by the following typical experiment.
The webs largest and most authoritative acronyms and abbreviations resource. Br conditions of service the red book east midlands trains. A set of words in common usage that includes a needless modifier. Use the noun redundancy to refer to something thats needlessly repeated. Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors redundancy synonyms. A dismissal for redundancy purposes is defined in section 6 employment relations act, 1996 in a basically comparable way to that for unfair dismissal but it is irrelevant whether the workers have volunteered or been selected. If you have an external hard drive and backup all of your data to it, the external hard drive is redundant to your system drives, and the backedup data is redundant to your. Redundancy noun the noun redundancy has 4 senses 1. Policy for handling salaried staff redundancies 1998.
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