Redundancy and Retrenchment

[jsimmo]

Are they the same or different? [how are they different?]

I have heard that they are the same but I have also heard that they are closely related but are actually different..

"When an employee is retrenched (there is no longer a position available for them within the organisation) they are referred to as redundant"

Could someone expand on the above statement? Thank you.

[costargh]

They are essentially the same, its just the way you use the term. An employee is retrenched while a position at an organisation is made redundant.