Employment Specialist Offers Advice to Managers

摘要

These are certainly difficult times for the oil and gas industry, and unfortunately there is no quick end in sight for this downturn. Because this is a cyclical industry, hard decisions have to be made by management trying to protect their stressed operations. Those decisions invariably involve layoffs, and today that is amounting to tens of thousands of hard-working employees, who face the task of retraining, if not survival itself. What are some of the most important decisions employers needs to be aware of in handling these delicate situations, no two of which are the same? What's the best strategy for your company? Stephen Roppolo, managing partner of the Houston and San Antonio offices of labor and employment law firm Fisher & Phillips, has extensive experience in the oil and gas industry that has provided him with valuable insight into the looming issues of reductions in force, claims of unpaid overtime, and the enforcement of non-competes - all big factors when companies downsize.