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Communication, Development & Evaluation

Make Time to Limit Liability for Layoffs

August 17, 2022

Via: SHRM

Layoffs open employers up to the possibility of lawsuits under a wide range of laws, including the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, state “mini-WARN” requirements and the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA). Nonetheless, employers can adopt some […]


Development & Evaluation, Engagement

Why a Layoff Is Not an Alternative to Terminations for Cause

October 12, 2021

Via: SHRM

One of the biggest mistaken assumptions in the workplace is that companies can simply lay off their weakest performers rather than proceed with progressive discipline. In almost all cases, progressive discipline is the method of choice when dealing with substandard […]


Development & Evaluation, Employee development, Research, Software

Words of Wisdom: Loyalty Redefined

November 20, 2017

Via: SHRM

I began my HR career in the late 1970s armed with a newly minted MBA, a few hopes and dreams, and no real experience in corporate life. My first employer was a subsidiary of a large corporate conglomerate (at the […]