A sobering critique of the American practice of corporate layoffs examines their questionable necessity, the overuse of the practice, and their devastating repercussions for both individuals and the nation as a whole, arguing that layoffs are frequently counterproductive and encourage mergers, outsourcing, and wage stagnation. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.

Product Description: You're Fired! Those are the two words every employee dreads. But what does it really mean to be let go, and more important, what can you do to turn this situation into an opportunity for future success? Fired, Laid-Off or Forced Out takes the fear out of the possibility of losing your job and replaces it with specific guidelines any worker can use to protect his or her rights...read more

Product Description: Book by Wheeler, Hoyt N., Klaas, Brian S., Mahony, Douglas M.

Product Description: Fallback Position, Preparing a Contingency Plan for the Worst Case Scenario provides career and personal tools for anyone who can be fired or laid off so a job loss will be less devastating to them or their family. Those tools include analyzing what is important on the job and off, what you do not want from work, what you do want from your work, how to negotiate severance, how to protect yourself from defamation, how to handle health insurance, and how to negotiate for you and your familys well-being...read more

Product Description: Book by Dahlstrom, Harry

Discusses maintaining the at-will presumption, selecting new employees, meeting federal regulations, avoiding worker compensation problems, and terminating problem workers

Presents advice on handling job loss, from dealing with the emotional stress to paying bills and finding a new job

Advises managers and executives on how to handle the termination process, discussing questions of fairness to the employee, supporting the decision to terminate with objective data, and outplacement counseling

Product Description: Book by Howland, Marie