Ah, the holiday season. Parties with people you go down the other Home Depot aisle to avoid, digging around in the junk drawer to find three AAA’s when your kid’s toy requires four, and wondering whether layoffs in the new year will go well. If you are in senior leadership or HR you may already know. You know because for all the happiness the holidays bring, you have been quietly working to ensure new year layoffs go flawlessly.
Planning for and overseeing layoffs is one of the most unpleasant tasks in HR. Someone has to do it, and no matter how you squint when you look at your job description, it’s still there. Preparing for layoffs is a five W exercise – What, When, Where, Who, and Why – plus How it is to be done. Laying off people will never get easy, but with proper preparation you can at least reduce the stress of the task. Starting with a policy itself, KeystoneHR has assembled necessary documents to help.
Our WARN Compliant Layoff Package – PK4 includes scripts for managers, announcements, timelines, and considerations by the company; all in Word, and a timeline in PowerPoint timeline:
• Workforce Reduction Policy (SKU DK85 – 4 pages)
• Sample PowerPoint timeline (SKU CX3 – 3 pages)
• Initial Warn Compliant Notice to employees (SKU CX8 – 3 pages)
• Sample Layoff Script, and Related Details for Managers (SKU CX9 – 3 pages)
• Anticipated questions by employees and suggested answers for use by management at time of announcement (SKU CX10 – 4 pages), and
• Additional Q&As, compiled following employee input are also included (SKU CX11 – 3 pages)
KeystoneHR products on our e-commerce site include a brief description and most documents allow for first page review prior to purchase.
KeystoneHR offers Best Practices focused HR and related policies and documents, training, consultation, and project work. With over 40 years of progressive HR experience in Fortune 500 companies and upper-end LLC’s, our team is poised to help. See our website – KeystoneHR.com. KeystoneHR – Best-in-Class helping Best-in-Class.
