Exam 6: Managing Employee Separations, Downsizing, and Outplacement

A federal law requiring U.S.employers with 100 or more employees to give 60 days' advance notice to employees who will be laid off as a result of a plant closing or a mass separation of 50 or more workers is the ________.

The information given in the initial meeting between a manager and an employee who is being laid off should include:

Sara is 57 years old and she has been a division manager for Elf Cookies for 32 years.Recently,the business has seen an increase in efficiency and has a surplus of labor.Elf Cookies is offering employees who are 55 and older,and who have worked for the company for over 30 years,specific benefits and financial incentives to retire within the next 60 days.Sara does so.She has:

________ is a separation that occurs when an employee decides,for personal or professional reasons,to end the relationship with the employer.

Delmus' performance reports have been increasingly poor,and he seems to have negative relationships with other workers in his department.His line manager has taken him aside twice to discuss his behavior and work and has offered him time to improve,but there has been very little positive progress.Management decides to end the employment relationship with Delmus.This is an example of a:

The primary difference between a layoff and a discharge is:

A company can save up to 20% of its payroll during lows in its business cycle by instituting a profit-sharing compensation program.

A program in which companies help their departing employees find jobs more rapidly by providing them with training in job-search skills is called ________.

Which of the following is a recruitment cost associated with employee replacement?

What are the two primary features of early retirement programs?

While no time is a good time for a termination,the best time seems to be:

Management can most likely minimize problems with the remaining workforce after a layoff by:

Which of the following is LEAST likely to be associated with layoff survivors?

The termination of an employee's membership in an organization is referred to as ________.

One of the most popular alternatives to layoffs is:

The least disruptive way to cut labor costs is through:

Early retirement programs are simple ways to make small reductions in a firm's workforce.

What is an involuntary separation? What are some examples of involuntary separations? How can the difficulties of involuntary separations be managed with outplacement programs?

Which term refers to an employee's final interview following separation?

A quit and a retirement are similar types of employee separations since both are initiated by the employee.