What is the role of Strategic Human Resource Management in catastrophic crises such as pandemics crippling natural disasters
First People Were Sent Home to Work. Now They’re Getting Laid Off Remotely.
By Kathryn Dill | April 2, 2020
Topics: Downsizing
Summary: The economic devastation brought on by the coronavirus pandemic is forcing
many companies to lay off employees, often in large numbers. Given that most
employees are currently working remotely, companies are having to conduct mass
layoffs via conference calls, Zoom video chats or email. Downsizing is best done in
person and remote downsizings can be viewed as overly harsh, but companies
currently have few other options. If they want to limit the time between when workers
start hearing through the grapevine about layoffs and when they get the news that they
have been downsized, employers will have no choice but to do remote layoffs. When
doing a remote layoff, companies should give the worker advance notice that bad news
is coming and turn off the video and microphone of workers who are dialing in to receive
bad news. The managers who are delivering the bad news should appear on camera to
portray genuine emotion.
Questions:
1. What is the role of Strategic Human Resource Management in catastrophic
crises such as pandemics, crippling natural disasters, etc.?
2. How does the COVID-19 Response Act (Families First COVID-19 Response Act)
impact employer provided benefits?
3. How does the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” (The
CARES Act) support small business?
4. Under ideal circumstances, what are best practices employers should use when
conducting downsizing?
5. In the above scenario, should hourly employees, salaried employees, middle
management employees and senior management employees be treated
differently?
6. Under our current COVID-19 pandemic, what challenges do firms face in
conducting layoffs during the coronavirus pandemic?
7. If a company has to do a mass layoff with employees who are currently working
remotely, how should it conduct the layoff?
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