I'm mostly interested to know if there is any guarantee that those affected will be invited back to work once the situation settles down? Is that a certainty or can Nordstrom simply decide at some point to make the furloughs permanent (turn them into layoffs?)
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Aren't the bailouts for only 500 employees or less sized firms? How would a chain like Nordstrom even qualify?
I'd recommend filing for unemployment insurance, whether you've been furloughed or laid off. It's super easy.
This site - riveterworks.com - can show you exactly where to apply and do a bunch more.
Did anyone get furlough notice?
Furlough, the word was hibernating since the Govt shutdown, and it’s back. Good point - furlough vs severance, this should be an option. Speak up people.
I would like to see Nordstrom offer the option of furlough or severance.
Obviously in the ideal world, being off for 6 weeks and coming back is fine for some (although many will still face big financial trouble), but in reality, 6 weeks is just a minimum and furloughed most employees do not have the luxury of waiting the 6 weeks for the chance that they have jobs again.
Stay positive folks, but get your plan B, C going.
https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/hr-qa/pages/furloughlayoffreductioninforce.aspx
There are never any guarantees when we get furloughed. Nordstrom, and any business, has the right to layoff people, especially if customers aren't buying from them, and the company is losing money. That's straightforward business, nothing deceptive or "cruel." If you owned a restaurant and customers either dwindled down or stop coming altogether, would you and could you continue paying your employees for sitting around while your payroll debt piles up? Watch a few episodes of "Restaurant Impossible" to see this example clearly.
That said, many companies, and especially if they take advantage of the bailout loans, intend bring back furloughed employees soon after the "cleared to go back to work (with caution)" is declared by medical experts and governors. Best wishes for no furlough or layoff.