About To Do A RIF (Reduction In Force): You Might Want to Look At This Paper!

RIFs often lead to lawsuits. Deciding whom to keep and whom to let go can be critical to an organization successfully defending itself in the case of litigation. Because there are many possible factors to use in determining whom to RIF, this paper (authored by an attorney from Littler Mendelson) can of great value because



it provides detailed information about which factors companies used, how they weighted those factors, and how the courts felt about those factors.

The author concludes with a four-step model for picking factors for determining which employees to RIF.

I’m going to assign it for my class to read next semester!