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Perspective

Jun. 6, 2009

Making the Cuts - Carefully

The previous downturn created many lessons for employers forced to reduce staff, writes Mary Dollarhide.

By Mary Dollarhide

For many, planning a reduction in force is abstract - an exercise conducted in a vacuum, involving unknown people, endless documentation and grumpy workers.

For me, it is not. As an employment lawyer and co-author of a legal treatise published by the Bureau of National Affairs on the subject of reductions in force, I have been there, done that: orchestrated the process, vetted the "eligible" employees (they are &...

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