Layoff

to make sure the use of temporary or agency staff should be eliminated and use of part time staffing positions evaluated before starting the layoff planning. The first…

The company would rather lose money in the short term before needing to layoff their employees and risk not meeting the customer needs. The employees were number one priority because it was strongly believed that if the employees feel happy and know their job is secured they will be devoted to ensure the best product is made creating great results. Letting go of employees was viewed as an easy way out instead of making creative moves that will allow employees not to be laid off, meet customer…

Back from Layoff.” Through Hicok’s creative use of logos, conspicuous use of pathos, and ambiguous utilization of ethos, he demonstrates that being fired is difficult on both the employer and the employee. The author chooses a rather artistic approach to applying logical appeal to convey the message that firing someone is a grueling decision. The facts are not explicitly stated; the reader has to use deductive reasoning to come to a couple of significant…

Having a job is basically someones whole life, its one of the reasons we gave to get up every morning. In “The Consequences- Undoing Sanity” Louis Uchitelle argues that layoffs have a large psychological impact on a person. Uchitelle states that “Layoffs are destructive psychologically for the individuals who lose their jobs” (345). Uchitelle is correct in his argument because people in my own family have suffered a layoff and went thought the same negative problems that Uchitelle discusses in…

she had not met her assigned goal. It would have been a second write up for her, which ultimately meant termination. Instead she approached the HR team with her dilemma, and was granted job protection for 12 weeks due to her illness. Another cause of involuntary separation can be the result of behavioral issues; where an employee 's behavior is found to be unethical, and based on facts learned, an employee is terminated. There are many reasons why layoffs occur in organizations. simply put…

the president may inundate the business in a tenuous legal dilemma by utilizing a precipitous way to target older employees within the company for layoffs. While the president may feel these employees do not offer value and sustenance, or perform at the same level as younger and inexpensive new hires. The president would be counseled in The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, federal law prohibits treating an individual of a protected class less favorably than others. Similarly, the…

(USERRA). USERRA requires employers to reinstate returning members of military services to the jobs. If the military employee had not received protected by USERRA, the employer would not hold their position. To pursue layoffs, an employer would have to prove “circumstances have so changed as to make such reemployment impossible or unreasonable . . . Alternatively, such employment would impose an undue hardship on the employer” (HRhero). COBRA COBRA federal law” requires most employers that…

Consideration of the emotional outcome of individuals who are laid off instead of focusing only on the economical outcome can be important in offsetting the devastating effects layoffs can cause. The reasons companies choose downsizing as a measure are varying with the major impetus for implementing a strategy of downsizing being the desire for immediate cost reductions (Gandolfi, 2008). Although there is a growing amount of research that suggests the desired cost cutting effects of downsizing…

being said, this excludes senior employees eligible or near to retirement, but to those who lost their jobs as the younger members of the employees did. The severance package is determined by the number of years worked plus the minimum state-mandated base. The terminated employee will receive one week of severance pay for each year they have worked for the company at their normal weekly salary. As well as accrued PTO however, sick leave will not be compensated. During the time period that the…

Companies have ups and downs with the changes in the economy and your employment status depends on the company’s stability. Being laid off is not the end of your career. Layoffs can happen at any point in your career and it typically occurs a result of a management failure. A layoff is not being fired. To be fired, there has to be a cause -- you did something to be fired. For a layoff, the job simply ceases to exist. Consider the following strategies to assist you after a layoff: Take care of…