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The Ultimate Layoff Survival Guide with Employment Attorney Peter Rahbar

2025/4/30
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Jean Chatzky: 作为主持人,我表达了对近期裁员潮的担忧,并强调了积极的心态和行动的重要性。我介绍了Peter Rahbar作为就业律师,将帮助听众了解应对裁员的策略。 Peter Rahbar: 我分享了在感受到裁员可能来临时,应该采取的积极行动,例如更新简历、LinkedIn资料,拓展人脉等。我还强调了在裁员中,要避免主动询问是否会被裁员,而应该专注于提升自身竞争力,让自己变得不可或缺。 我分析了裁员前的征兆,例如公司削减差旅预算、管理层频繁与人力资源部门会面、绩效考核收紧等。我还指出,管理层可能会直接询问员工对工作的满意度和离职意向,以此来筛选潜在的裁员对象。 对于想要避免被裁员的员工,我建议他们积极主动地工作,让管理层了解自己的价值,并通过有效的沟通,让自己的成就被看见。我特别强调了女性员工在展现成就方面可能面临的挑战,并建议她们通过持续的沟通,让管理层了解自己的工作进展和成果。 我还讨论了员工在裁员中享有的法律保护,例如针对歧视性裁员的保护。我指出,公司在裁员时,需要对选择的合理性进行分析,避免歧视性裁员。员工也应该注意裁员中是否存在歧视性问题,例如性别、年龄、种族等方面的歧视。如果怀疑裁员存在法律问题,应该尽早咨询律师。 我详细解释了产假中的女性被裁员的问题,指出裁员原因不能是其处于产假中。我还讨论了40岁以上员工被裁员时,有权在一定期限内考虑遣散费协议的问题,以及年龄、性别、种族等因素都可能成为裁员中的歧视性问题。 在裁员发生后,我建议员工首先不要恐慌,要了解自己的权利和公司提供的条件,例如裁员的具体日期、遣散费、医疗保险、401k等相关事宜。我还强调了仔细阅读遣散费协议,不要急于签字的重要性。 我讨论了遣散费协议的可协商性,指出其取决于个人的情况和公司可能存在的法律风险。长期员工在协商遣散费时可能更有优势。我还建议在处理裁员问题时,应该寻求专业人士的帮助,例如律师或人力资源专家。 我解释了遣散费的计算方式,以及如何争取比例的奖金。我还讨论了在被裁员后,如何争取公司提供推荐信的问题,以及在社交媒体上发表负面评论的风险。 最后,我讨论了如果公司提供自愿离职方案,应该如何做出决定,以及在接受新工作时,应该协商遣散费等条款,以保护自身权益。我还强调了积极乐观的态度,以及在求职过程中保持积极的心态的重要性。 supporting_evidences Peter Rahbar: 'Well, it's definitely not a time to bury your head in the sand.' Peter Rahbar: 'Instead, what I would do is focus on yourself and your positioning for your next opportunity.' Peter Rahbar: 'If you're over 40 and you're laid off and you're offered severance, you're supposed to be given 45 days to consider the severance offer.' Peter Rahbar: 'So don't sign it on the spot. No one can make you sign it on the spot.' Peter Rahbar: 'The standard, I would say the market is really two weeks per year of service with a cap at a year.' Peter Rahbar: 'And if you're laid off, it's not about you. It's about something the company's going through.'

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This week, we’re diving into a topic that’s on everyone’s mind right now—layoffs. Whether you’ve seen the headlines, heard the whispers in your own company, or been directly affected, the truth is: layoffs are on the rise again, and you need to know how to prepare for them.

Our guest today, Peter Rahbar), is an employment attorney and workplace issues expert. He explains your post-layoff legal rights, offers practical career tips, and shares the most important mindset shift that can help you bounce back better than ever.

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