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Employee Separations: Strategies, Risks, and Outplacement Assistance

Explore the various types of employee separations, including voluntary and involuntary separations, layoffs, downsizing, and retirements. Learn about the criteria for rightful discharge, costs associated with separations, and the benefits of conducting exit interviews. Discover alternatives to layoffs and the implementation of early retirement policies. Finally, understand the importance of effective communication and providing outplacement assistance to help laid-off employees transition to new opportunities.

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Employee Separations: Strategies, Risks, and Outplacement Assistance

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  1. Employee Separations(Chapter 6 in full text; not in custom) MGT 3513 Introduction to Human Resource Management

  2. ANNOUNCEMENTS

  3. Discussion Questions:The Office - - Halloween Episode • What criteria did Michael use to determine who would be fired (e.g., performance, seniority)? • Was this a termination or a layoff? • Discuss several of the things Michael did wrong. • Did Michael do anything correctly? • List potential advantages and disadvantages of telling an employee the reason s/he was fired. • Were there any security risks associated with the company’s termination process that should have been addressed?

  4. Employee Separations • Employee separations • Voluntary separations (initiated by ____________) • Quits vs. Retirements • Involuntary separations (initiated by ____________) • Discharges (dismissal) • Layoffs • Downsizing • Rightsizing

  5. Other Terms to Know • Functional/Dysfunctional turnover • _________________ • _________________ • Avoidable/Unavoidable turnover • _________________ • _________________

  6. Example • Amanda has worked as an office manager for Dawgs Accounting for several years. She’s learned how to keep the office running smoothly. She decides to pursue a graduate degree and quits her job. The company is faced with a difficult situation in terms of finding a replacement because Amanda was an excellent employee. • Circle each term that applies to the situation • Voluntary/Involuntary • Functional/Dysfunctional • Avoidable/Unavoidable

  7. Reasons for “rightful” discharge • Insubordination • Violating company policy • Lying on job application • Excessive lateness or absence • Low productivity • Incompetence • Negligence • Sleeping on the job • Violating safety rules • Stealing • Fighting • Gambling • Alcohol/drug use/possession on the job • Conviction of a crime • Job obsolescence • Economic downturn • Inability to perform essential duties of job

  8. Employee Separations • Turnover rate is _______________________ • Costs associated with employee separations • Exit interviews • Conducted when _________________

  9. Employee Separations • Possible benefits of employee separations • Planning & conducting a meeting • Checklist examples: https://www.template.net/business/checklist-templates/termination-checklist/ • Benefits • Counseling • Employer property • Access to records • Exit interview

  10. Managing Layoffs • Alternatives to layoffs • Employment policies • ___________________ • ___________________

  11. Alternatives to Layoffs • Changes in pay and benefits policies • ___________________ • ___________________ • Furloughs • Early retirements

  12. Managing Early Retirements • Main features of early retirement policies • Problems that can occur if the organization offers early retirement

  13. Implementing a Layoff WARN = Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification Act • ____ days notice before massive layoffs • If you have at least ____ or more employees Types of layoff criteria • ___________ • ___________ Communication Layoff survivors • Often experience _____________

  14. Outplacement • What is outplacement assistance? • ________________________________________ • Types of outplacement • Emotional support outplacement - __________________ • Job-search assistance outplacement - __________________

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