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• Feelings Mixed As Workers Weigh Job Security Post September 11 ( June 2003 )
  Rosalee M. McNamara of Lathrop Gage

  Key findings have been reported by a new Employment Law Alliance (ELA) poll, focusing on attitudes toward job security in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Contrary to popular perception, more than 60% of American workers are very confident that their employers are doing everything possible to avoid layoffs. Yet mixed feelings exist; workers are very anxious and extremely cautious about their job security.

• Effective Releases in Workforce Reductions ( March 2002 )
  Parsons Behle & Latimer

  The drafting and use of effective releases in workforce reductions continues to be an important part of employers' planning for such events. In 1990, Congress passed the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act ("OWBPA") which contains procedural rules for obtaining effective releases of claims for age discrimination that may arise as a result of a reduction-in-force.

• Facts are not What Wins Cases--Perceptions Do… ( June 1999 )
  Kittredge, Donley, Elson, Fullem & Embick, L.L.P.

  TABLE OF CONTENTS YOU CAN VIEW SOME FACTS BEFORE THEY ARE CREATED Significant Evidentiary Issues Which Are Ke.

• Managing the Reduction in Force ( January 1999 )
  Louis C. Rabaut of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

  This article discusses some of the issues that arise when a company faces a workforce reduction and suggests some strategies for addressing them.

• Discrimination Claims May Survive "Reduction in Force" Defense ( November 1997 )
  Dykema Gossett PLLC

  Employers laying off employees due to workforce reduction plans are not immune from discrimination claims. In Lytle.