Companies today can ill afford to treat casually their responsibility to employees laid off due to economic conditions. Days of the pink-slip" are gone. (Editor)

Intended to assist those who have experienced termination, a checklist is offered to help "pick up the pieces" and take positive action. (MW)

Discusses how other countries have dealt with the problems of plant shutdowns and relocation and how their solutions can be adapted to American industry. (JOW)

The article discusses District and Appeals Court rulings on competitive status seniority involving a New Jersey electric power company, several local unions of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and several other agencies, among them the EEOC. (BP)

The article discusses the scope of the outplacement program as a systematic "dehiring" process in which the organization, in terminating any employee, takes the initiative in supporting the employee's job relocation. An objective cost/benefit analysis is stressed, and guidelines for maximum effectiveness and strategies are presented. (JB)