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Case Study Hr Problems At Jet Airways

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Case Study: HR Problems at Jet Airways: Coping With Turbulent Times in the Indian Aviation Industry
By SHI HAN
Introduction
The case is about the retrenchment drama that unfolded in one of India’s leading aviation companies, Jet Airways (India) Limited (Jet), in late 2008. After showing the door to more than 1000 employees in a bid to streamline its operations, Jet was faced with immense criticism and opposition by various organization and political parties. Jet’s chairman Naresh Goyal (Goyal) reinstated the employees a day later saying that he was not aware of these sackings. The Indian aviation industry was going through a tough phase and experts felt that it was in the interest of the company to research employee

Issue 1
Analysis the HR problems faced by Jet Airways in 2008.

Issue 2
Discuss various concepts related to hiring, firing and compensation management.

Issue 3
Understand the rationale behind Jet’s decision to lay-off employees and the reasons behind its later decision to take back the sacked employees

Rationale behind employee lay-off decision Jet is one the fast growing airline in India. They number of employees will increase accordingly to provide the services to their passengers. The increase the number of flight in a week and they have flight to more destinations compare to the beginning stage of the business. As part of the cost saving, the retrench involves almost 2,000 employees in two days and more than 1,000 of them are cabin crews. The

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