Category Archives: Layoffs

It’s Not Necessarily Comfortable in the Lifeboat

Layoffs are obviously difficult times for the employees in firms whose leaders have chosen to make the layoff decision.  The difficulty increases if a firm does more than one round of layoffs.  As layoffs have become more frequent in the faltering economy, some leaders are learning that serious issues exist for the employees retained, the [...]

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“I kept my crews together for a better day”

It was late in the spring of 1981 when the owner of a small construction company that worked on highway construction jobs walked into a federal courthouse to face a federal grand jury that was looking into whether bid rigging had occurred on recent highway contracts in the area.  The man was understandably nervous.  He [...]

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