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Organizations sometimes face the challenging situation of having to lay off employees due to financial...

How to Lay Off Employees

Post-Merger Integration: Full Guide

Notifying employees of their layoff or termination is considered to be one of the most...

Group of executives sitting at a conference table discussing what is post-merger integration and requirements for their team.

Career Development, HR, Layoffs

For two companies to merge, leaders of both organizations have to put tremendous effort into...

Kendall Roy makes a layoff announcement at Vaulter in the TV show, "Succession."

The Layoff Announcement: Lessons from “Succession” and Kendall Roy

Furloughs Vs. Layoffs: When Temporary Job Loss Becomes Permanent

Note: This article contains spoilers about the TV series, “Succession.” Reductions in staff are difficult...

Illustration of a male employee walking out of an office following a layoff.

Preparing for Tech Layoffs: 3 Tips for Leaders

In order to react to economic uncertainties, some companies conduct furloughs vs. layoffs, putting some...

Layoffs, Outplacement, Tips

While the tech industry is always evolving, it’s also subject to the same negative impacts...

A leadership team meets to discuss whether workforce redeployment is an alternative to layoffs

Is Workforce Redeployment an Alternative to Layoffs?

Career Development, Layoffs

With many poorly executed layoffs going viral, some organizations have received negative press for hiring...

How retailers should handle a reduction in workforce

Retail Layoffs: How to Protect Your Brand During a Reduction in Force

Layoff Planning: What You Need to Know

Due to changes in shopping habits, overhiring, poor growth predictions, economic conditions, and other direct...

Layoff Planning: Resources and Guides (title beside hexagonal blocks with people icons)

WARN Act in the News: Why Employers Need to Know the Law

Layoff planning can be complicated. Sometimes layoffs are months in the making; other times they...

A businessman holds a yellow notebook titled WARN: Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act

Everyone’s Talking About Their Layoffs: Why Employers Should Be Listening

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act is a federal law that requires employers...

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Are Layoff Lists Helpful to Employees?

The current era of radical candor has changed the way we talk about layoffs. At...

Graphic representing a manager sending a layoff list to employers to help those laid off find new jobs

Layoff Letters (With a Template)

With the many layoffs taking place, particularly in the tech space, companies are using a...

A manager gives a layoff letter to his employee.

Twitter Layoffs: 4 Key Lessons to Protect Your Organization

Letting an employee go is difficult for all parties involved, and there are right ways...

6-Step Offboarding Checklist

Twitter’s layoffs by email were highly publicized and reportedly the most chaotic since those conducted...

A 6-step checklist representing the steps of an offboarding processes

How to Support Remaining Employees After a Layoff

Offboarding is a vital process for any company: By providing positive offboarding experiences for outgoing...

An African-American male manager meets with a small group of employees to discuss how he can support remaining employees after a layoff

Will Layoffs Continue? Lessons from the Tech and Financial Services Industries

Layoffs can create fear and doubt among employees, lower morale, and reduce their trust in...

3 Offboarding Mistakes That Can Hurt Your Business

The economy is dynamic and constantly changing, sometimes faster than we expect it to. One...

Following a formal offboarding process, an HR manager notifies an employee he's been laid off

Healthcare Layoffs: What HR Managers Need to Know

Even if your business is mostly concerned with finding talent at the moment, know this:...

What HR managers need to know about layoffs is represented by a glove and stethoscope resting on a notice of layoff

Healthcare, HR, Layoffs, Outplacement, Tips

This article, originally published on December 4, 2019, has been updated. Even with the surge...

A variety of notices for RIFs, layoffs, furloughs and terminations.

RIF, Layoff, Furlough, Termination — We Chart the Differences

HR, Layoffs

While reductions-in-force (RIFs), layoffs, and furloughs are all difficult actions employers take out of necessity...

A manager ticks a transparent checkbox, signifying a step taken on the employee termination checklist

Employee Termination Checklist: Make The Process Easier!

HR, Layoffs, Outplacement, Tips

One of the reasons employee terminations can feel difficult to manage is that the process...

There are common questions about severance pay, as represented by a magnifying glass highlighting a severance agreement.

Severance Pay: Answers to the 4 Most Common Questions

Layoffs, Tips

Having an established policy regarding severance is a best practice for any company—not only to...

An HR manager meets with a department lead to review how to conduct an exit interview.

How to Conduct an Exit Interview that Benefits Your Company

7 Professors on How 2020 Is Changing Higher Education

Why do good employees leave your organization? Knowing the answer to this question will help...

A college lecture hall sits empty due to COVID lockdowns.

Education, Layoffs, Outplacement

So much has happened during 2020 that it often feels like ten years compressed into...

Having just been laid off, a man sitting by a wall wonders, how does unemployment work?

How does unemployment insurance work?

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Due to the economic effects of the coronavirus crisis, many American workers are asking for...

young man on laptop near a window, with a sunset, watching a human resources webinar on managing layoffs.

Compassionate Offboarding: Managing Layoffs – Webinar Recap

Employer Branding, Featured, HR, Layoffs, Must Read, Outplacement, Severance, Webinar

Layoffs can take a toll on anyone, regardless of whether you’re the person delivering the...

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How to Retain Talent in Times of Change – Webinar Recap

Featured, HR, Layoffs, Outplacement, Retention, Tips, Webinar

Uncertainty is often a major source of stress, and during times of change, employees look to HR...

A graphic of three businessmen exiting through a large door, representing Intoo's Essential Guide to Outplacement.

Introducing the Essential Guide to Outplacement

Employee Benefits, Employer Branding, HR, Layoffs, Outplacement, Severance

Is it possible to show employees you care about them—even during layoffs? Can your company...

An illustration of someone signing a severance package agreement.

Introducing the Complete Guide to Severance Packages

Employer Branding, HR, Layoffs, Outplacement, Severance

Companies offer severance packages to outgoing employees for good reason. Not only do the packages...

Layoff Notice: What’s Expected of Employers?

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Communicating a layoff is often a complex process. Many questions have to be answered before...

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10 Career Transition Coaching Questions Answered

Employer Branding, Featured, HR, Layoffs, Outplacement

If you are in a career transition—or if you are an HR professional exploring outplacement...

Reduction in Force Best Practices: How to Protect Your Employer Brand

Employer Branding, Featured, HR, Layoffs, Outplacement, Tips

Employer brand plays an increasingly important role in the social media age. Customers often read...

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Memo to Self: How to Write a Layoff Memo the Right Way

Featured, HR, Layoffs, Must Read, Outplacement

What is the best way to let employees know a layoff is coming? For most organizations...

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Layoff and Recall Policy: Do You Have One?

How to Decide Whom to Lay Off During a Restructure

Because a wide range of factors influence business success, no industry or organization can consider...

Businesspeople walking in the corridor during an organizational restructure

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When organizations go through a restructuring, departments are often merged, whittled down, or eliminated altogether,...

Two multiethnic coworkers discuss how to avoid layoff discrimination while restructuring.

Restructuring? How to Avoid Layoff Discrimination

Are Major Layoffs More Common Since the Recession?

A business restructuring can be a positive time of evolution for an organization. The ensuing...

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How INTOO’s outplacement solution Provides ‘Huge Peace of Mind’: An Intoo Client Testimonial

From late 2007 until the summer of 2009, the U.S. experienced the worst recession since...

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What can Intoo do for you and your organization? Hear directly from one of our...

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HR Operations: 5 Tips for Managing Layoffs During a Merger

What is Severance Pay And How is it Calculated?

While mergers often make great business sense, they also bring up fears about pending layoffs...

HR, Layoffs, Outplacement, Severance

While companies are not required by federal law to provide severance pay to terminated employees,...

Woman employee overlooking city in office place thinking about severance package.

How Severance Pay Works and Who Typically Receives It

5 Things Employers Should Know About Negotiating Severance

Discover How Severance Pay Works and How it Should Be Used In Your Organization Severance...

business professionals negotiating severance across a table at the workplace.

Featured, Layoffs, Outplacement, Severance

While companies are not required by federal law to provide severance pay, offering a severance...

Group of business people discussing layoffs in the office place.

Communicating Layoffs to Remaining Employees in 5 Steps

How To Motivate Employees After Layoffs

When HR professionals talk about communicating layoffs, the discussion generally centers around breaking the news...

Employees working on computers in modern office room, discussing recent layoffs.

Are Companies Required to Pay Layoff Severance?

When a company conducts a layoff, a lot of attention is given to the employees...

Business documents and pen at workplace detailing layoff severance package.

19 Fascinating Stats on Layoff Anxiety — With Infographic

No matter the cause for termination, letting go an employee is never easy. It can...

CareerArc layoff anxiety infographic and report

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Nearly half of American employees experience layoff anxiety, despite record low unemployment rates. That’s according...

A manager carrying a briefcase and newspaper gets to his office to read how to lay off an employee.

How to Lay Off an Employee: Industry Best Practices

Layoffs, Outplacement, Tips

Almost every company has an employee onboarding process to help new hires start their jobs...

4 Outplacement Statistics That Could Save Your Brand Reputation

Layoffs, Outplacement, Stats

As trends and other industry shifts make their impacts on business, your company may sometimes...

How Outplacement Assistance Can Strengthen Your Brand