Comments on: The Coronavirus Has Been Devastating for Some Companies. 6 Questions to Ask Before You Consider Layoffs https://www.evilhrlady.org/2020/03/the-coronavirus-has-been-devastating-for-some-companies-6-questions-to-ask-before-you-consider-layoffs.html Everything to make HR better Sat, 14 Mar 2020 01:40:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Kathy https://www.evilhrlady.org/2020/03/the-coronavirus-has-been-devastating-for-some-companies-6-questions-to-ask-before-you-consider-layoffs.html#comment-218912 Sat, 14 Mar 2020 01:40:29 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/2020/03/the-coronavirus-has-been-devastating-for-some-companies-6-questions-to-ask-before-you-consider-layoffs.html#comment-218912 In reply to Elizabeth West.

We had something like that in California in the 80s. We were furloughed every other Friday and the company filed for unemployment for all of us. The result was that without any paperwork on the employees’ part, we worked 9 days in 10, got three day weekends every other week, and saw very little reduction in pay. What a way to make sure that happy, loyal, experienced employees stick around.

]]> By: JakeKartuer https://www.evilhrlady.org/2020/03/the-coronavirus-has-been-devastating-for-some-companies-6-questions-to-ask-before-you-consider-layoffs.html#comment-218905 Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:34:06 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/2020/03/the-coronavirus-has-been-devastating-for-some-companies-6-questions-to-ask-before-you-consider-layoffs.html#comment-218905 I think it would be better to first try suspending workers for as long as possible and let a layoff be a last resort. Avoid the work of bringing people back. Use web calls to facilitate what you can. Also a great time to train employees online from home, update disaster recovery procedures, and so some spring cleaning of your files, paper and electronic.

]]> By: MariaRose https://www.evilhrlady.org/2020/03/the-coronavirus-has-been-devastating-for-some-companies-6-questions-to-ask-before-you-consider-layoffs.html#comment-218896 Fri, 13 Mar 2020 20:01:59 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/2020/03/the-coronavirus-has-been-devastating-for-some-companies-6-questions-to-ask-before-you-consider-layoffs.html#comment-218896 Hopefully, the regulations that delay receiving unemployment benefits are loosen up enough to cover the layoffs period of time for this crisis with the coronavirus. Again it depends on the geographical location. But the company should make these layoffs as painless as possible for the employees whom they have to by financial necessity temporarily layoff.

]]> By: Elizabeth West https://www.evilhrlady.org/2020/03/the-coronavirus-has-been-devastating-for-some-companies-6-questions-to-ask-before-you-consider-layoffs.html#comment-218881 Fri, 13 Mar 2020 16:19:58 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/2020/03/the-coronavirus-has-been-devastating-for-some-companies-6-questions-to-ask-before-you-consider-layoffs.html#comment-218881 The last one especially, Suzanne. There’s a program called Shared Work that a former employer of mine, a manufacturer, called upon during the Great Recession. They reduced the hours the shop personnel could work, and the rest of the time, they received unemployment compensation. Because the work they did was skilled, once they were trained, it would have cost a lot more to replace them. It much saved the company from having to lay anyone off permanently during that time.

I’m not sure if every state has it, or how it’s set up, but it’s worth looking into.

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