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A federal appellate court made it difficult to blame ’20-’21 large layoffs on COVID-19

June 16, 2022 | by Eric B. Meyer

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Days since I’ve blogged about COVID-19 = 78 0. Continue reading

Is it legal to fire over 900 employees at once over Zoom?

December 9, 2021 | by Eric B. Meyer

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News of a New York-based online mortgage lender’s CEO terminating over 900 employees with no notice on a three-minute Zoom call has been dominating my Google Alerts recently. Continue reading

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