In order to react to economic uncertainties, some companies conduct furloughs vs. layoffs, putting some employees on forced temporary leave from their jobs. This may be a result of slowdowns where workers aren’t needed, a business restructure, or economic conditions...
While reductions-in-force (RIFs), layoffs, and furloughs are all difficult actions employers take out of necessity based on business performance or shifting priorities, there are differences between them (in addition to terminations based on individual performance or...
Do universities share the same fate as department stores? Because the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the nature of in-person instruction, some experts are predicting that much in the way retail department stores have had to reinvent themselves as shopping has moved...
Due to the coronavirus crisis, many universities and colleges have had to make rapid workforce changes. As classes have shifted online in response to the pandemic or been canceled altogether, many institutions of higher education have been forced to reduce their...
