5 Ways to Protect Yourself During Layoffs
With unemployment at a quarter-century high and uncertainty one of the few constants in today’s economy, companies across the country face the possibility–or the reality–of layoffs. Terminating employees either for cause or financial reasons is a difficult task often exacerbated by the specter of legal liability. There are, however, a number of preventive measures employers can take well before it becomes necessary to dismiss an employee–and before deciding to hire a job applicant–that both enhance employee performance and better enable the organization to make rational business decisions when problems arise. Read More
