When a company decides to have a RIF event, you must be mindful of all of the legal issues that can arise from it. This will allow you to prepare ahead of time to mitigate any situation that could make your organization liable before you sign anything.
The following (7) legal issues and laws are what you need to know about, research and understand if they apply.
Protecting the employment rights of veterans is a responsibility of DOL's VETS. VETS protects service members' reemployment rights when they are returning from a period of service through its administration of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA)
Nobody knew RIFs were so complicated!
Hons can't be aloud to disgrace the rule of law! LAW & ORDER!!!
I'll take the maximum 6 months of pay to avoid headaches and having no income for that time to figure things out.
They'll just keep delaying a decision and that'll cost you a bundle in lawyer fees if any lawyer even consider your suit for small potatoes.
WOW this will surprise them!
I'll bet no one at HON legal ever thought about this!
You forgot the biggest one... civil rights act of ‘64
None of which apply when a company like this one lays off 40% of its staff. Hard to claim you were target of discrimination when literally half the company was let go (aero)
You forgot the biggest one... civil rights act of ‘64
None of which apply when a company like this one lays off 40% of its staff. Hard to claim you were target of discrimination when literally half the company was let go (aero)
If any of the following issues or laws apply to your situation, you may want to discuss further with an attorney before signing any release.