Are departing employees eligible for unemployment? As usual, it depends. To claim unemployment insurance benefits in New York, employees usually must be totally unemployed, yet available for and seeking work. After that, the most important factors are whether the employee has worked long enough to qualify and the reason for separation from employment. Here, we’ll … Read more
Forty-nine of 50 U.S. states (all but Montana) still formally recognize the at-will employment doctrine. This principle means that either the employer or employee may end an employment relationship at any time, with or without notice, for any reason or no reason at all. However, there are now many separate limitations on employers’ rights to … Read more
Even if it will only affect a small part of the business, many companies face workforce downsizing at some point. The “why” is usually obvious. But it’s often more difficult to decide how to make these cuts. Here, I’ll suggest a general approach to selecting who will stay and who will go in consideration of … Read more