Conducting Legal RIFs: What Employers Should Consider - Shawe Rosenthal sponsor

Reductions in force can be fraught with legal risk. Fiona and Parker will discuss some important issues employers should be thinking about when conducting a RIF, including the following:

• The selection process – nondiscriminatory factors and adverse impact analyses
• Severance agreements – what to include and exclude
• A brief mention of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and Maryland’s mini-WARN
• Best practices on communicating the decision
• Voluntary retirement incentive programs – an alternative?