Employee benefit and compensation

Strategy to lay off aged employees by avoiding lawsuit

Companies nowadays are obsessed with cost cutting, and employee layoff is the first practice done by them. Many a times layoff positions often belong to aged employees near the age of retirement. This result in employees taking age discrimination cases against the employers to the court.

When faced by the situation to retire aged employees, companies must go ahead with the Plan cautiously. Below are discussed some strategies to negotiate a safe retirement with the employees to minimize danger of lawsuit (Callen, 2010).

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