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American Lawyer Media reportedly lays off 42
Looks like the layoffs hitting the news reporting business in general are hitting legal reporting as well. Bob Norman of the Broward-Palm Beach New Times is reporting that American Lawyer…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Cadwalader Cuts 35 Attorneys
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft said it will lay off 35 lawyers because of a decline in business in its finance and capital markets practice. The firm has a large structured…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Reductions in Force (RIF) Are Back; Are Employment Lawsuits (and MySpace Pages about Layoffs) Close Behind in 2008?
These days, everyone seems to be jumping on the wage and hour bandwagon, predicting an endless stream of lawsuits for 2008, just as there was for 2007. But just as…
Lancaster Law Blog
Layoffs and Reductions in Force: Five Things every HR Generalist should know.*
As credit related losses ripple through the financial and construction sectors, many organizations will be forced to consider job cuts. Selecting employees for lay off must be collaboration between managers and…
In The (Red)®
An Entrepreneur’s Take On Managing Layoffs
Almost every financially troubled company will face a layoff at some point. Knowing how to implement one with sensitivity to all employees (including those not part of the layoff) and…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Are Employers Targeting Older Workers for Termination?
So suggest this article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Here's a taste:Cross' firing and the ensuing age-bias litigation is a scenario beingrepeated across the country as companies' streamlining efforts taketheir…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Circuit City Fires ‘Em and Rehires ‘Em (At A Lower Wage)
According to this story from Yahoo! News and the AP, Circuit City has embarked on a cold-hearted corporate strategy to fire its highest paid store workers and then offer to…
Media Law Prof Blog
Music Giants Laying Off Work Force
The Globe and Mail is running a story today about layoffs in the music industry due to music piracy and a downturn in CD sales. Both EMI and Sony are…
La Revue
Précisions sur l’obligation préalable de reclassement en cas de licenciement économique
Cass. soc. 13 septembre 2006, n° 04-43763, Sté Abel Guillemot c/ Chabert
E. coli Blog
Spinach Producer Lays Off Workers
Natural Selections, the company whose produce was tied to a deadly E. coli outbreak in August and September, has laid off 164 workers, according to a story in the Monterey…