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Layoff
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La Revue
Le recours à un questionnaire peut-il alléger les recherches de reclassement ?
Cass. soc. 4 mars 2009, n° 07-42.381 FS-PBR
Labor Law Prof Blog
PING: Nurse Literally Called Out Of Surgery To Be Informed That She Is FiredURL: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/adjunctprofs/2009/04/nurse-literally-called-out-of-surgery-to-be-informed-that-she-is-fired.htmlIP: 204.9.178.6BLOG NAME: Adjunct Law Prof BlogDATE: 04/16/2009 09:06:20 PMSometimes you cannot make this stuff up. A April 15, 2009 AP report that was picked up by MSNBC reports that a RN was called out of surgery to be informed that she was being laid off. As the article…
Jeff's post on the firing of the surgical nurse reminded me of the description, at the blog Good and Plenty (via Minding the Workplace), of employees who have been laid…
China Law Update Blog
Beware of Local Layoff Procedures
The global economic downturn has impacted employers in China and, as with their U.S. counterparts, some of them are conducting mass layoffs in order to reduce costs. In addition to…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Religious Organizations Grapple With How to Layoff Employees
The Religions News Network (For Churches, a Right and Wrong Way to Hire and Fire) is reporting that many congregations, facing declining contributions and reduced budgets, are following the lead of cash-strapped corporations…
Employment Law Watch
Stimulus Plan Extends and Enhances COBRA Benefits
This post was also written by Scott E. Blissman. In light of the economic downturn, public employers have been forced to consider and, in some cases, to implement layoffs as part…
Labor Law Prof Blog
WARN’s Shortcomings
While we're on the topic of layoffs, the New York Times has an article on the fact that many current layoffs, even if a significant part of an employer's workforce,…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
Today’s generation is taking lay-offs especially hard
By legalwriting
There's an interesting short article in the ABA Journal called "For the Affirmation Generation, Layoffs Hurt all the More" describing how the generation that grew up with "lots of affirmation…
Law People
February is the Cruelest Month: Tracking Layoffs
By Ronda Muir
January’s carnage, in which U.S. law firms laid off more than 1,500 attorneys and staff, has been followed by further freefall in February, with layoffs exceeding January's by a considerable margin—at…
The Legal Watercooler
Long chill in the legal industry
Latham & Watkins is laying off an additional 190 associates and 250 staff. Citing the deepening recession, Chairman Robert Dell told the American Lawyer on Friday, "The health of the…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
NiSource Layoffs
By Vorys
NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage (NGT&S) announced today that it would be cutting approximately 370 to 380 positions in 2009. A copy of the press release can be found here. NGT&S…