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Layoff
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California Employment Law
How to Conduct a Layoff (without getting sued)
By Sahara Pynes
With the headlines of interest rate hikes and news of mass layoffs, we are seeing more employers looking to reduce staff and expenses. To avoid negative publicity and, hopefully, litigation,…
WSNYC Blog: The Latest in Employment Law
Christopher Davis Quoted in CBS News Moneywatch
Last month, Christopher Davis was quoted in CBS News Moneywatch as an employment law expert. The article dealt dealt with increasing layoffs and Mr. Davis provided his expertise on how…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Adopting Practices to Minimize Liability for Layoffs
By Anne Hall
Employers can make themselves vulnerable to liability when they lay off employees under such legislation as the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act), state versions of the WARN…
McEntee Law Group Blog
How Do Layoffs Impact Foreign National Workers? There Still May Be Options.
Reports of tech company layoffs fill the news: Twitter, Stripe, Lyft, and now Meta. If you’re a foreign national employee who has been laid off, unfortunately, in addition…
Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
Reductions-in-Force are Never Pleasant, but There’s a Right Way and (Many) Wrong Ways
Here in Wisconsin, we say – “Don’t like the weather? Wait five minutes” – to capture our ever-changing outdoors. (Case in point: as I write this article, today’s high temperature…
Mike McBride Online
Linked – Facebook layoffs are a reminder that your job won’t love you back
By Mike McBride
Nevertheless, the most significant point of the article below isn't to argue about the negatives of being a public company or not, it's to point out what should have been…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
How to conduct a layoff
Elon Musk did everything wrong with his employees upon his acquisition of Twitter, including laying off half of them via email. With the economy turning sour, more businesses will be…
Achkar Law Blog
Twitter’s Massive Layoffs – Severance Pay
The recent acquisition of Twitter Inc. (“Twitter”) by Elon Musk has sparked rumors of a company-wide restructuring. With Twitter reportedly planning its first round of layoffs, the employees should seek…
Achkar Law Blog
Microsoft Canada Layoffs and Severance Pay
If an employer terminates an employee without cause, they may be required to compensate employees with severance pay. This type of pay is different from termination or notice pay. Severance pay…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Stabilizing Employment Through State Unemployment Workshare Programs
Is the U.S. economy trending toward recession? Rumors of a recession are circulating. Many companies are considering, or have already implemented, plans to reduce overall headcount. Inflation fears and rising…