Date: November 11, 2022
CNBC spoke with TELG’s Kellee Boulais Kruse about how you can protect yourself if you’ve been laid off by your employer. Tips include brushing up on employment law to make sure you haven’t been illegally fired and negotiating your severance offer.
Quoteworthy:
“I sometimes see layoffs of one person. That’s pretty suspicious.”
Kellee Boulais Kruse
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You’ve been laid off — now what? Here are 3 steps to take if you lose your job
CNBC spoke with TELG’s Kellee Boulais Kruse about how you can protect yourself if you’ve been laid off by your employer. Tips include brushing up on employment law to make sure you haven’t been illegally fired and negotiating your severance offer.
Layoffs at tech giants Twitter and Meta this week have affected thousands — and they’re just the latest examples in a downsizing trend that was already taking place across the industry.
The news has put a spotlight on what rights employees have in mass layoff situations. While the laws around workforce reductions vary by location and employer size, there are steps anyone can take to help cope with being let go.
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In mass layoff situations for larger firms, companies that fulfill certain criteria are required by federal law to provide employees 60 days’ notice. The WARN Act is meant to provide workers with sufficient time to seek other employment or retraining opportunities before losing their jobs.
While employees can be fired for any reason, they can’t be let go for an illegal reason. “I sometimes see layoffs of one person,” said Kellee Boulais Kruse, a principal at The Employment Law Group, based in Washington, D.C. ”That’s pretty suspicious.”
