A public-works RIF is leaking as hallway rumor before any order, notice, bumping, or EAP plan exists. What should the CHRO do?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
A layoff rumor is a fire in a paper warehouse. You don't add names to the smoke. Design the order, the notice, the bumping, and the EAP before anyone is a rumor with a face.
Full Explanation
Layoff strategy is a designed offboarding program, not a leak. Selection order, legal notice, consistent communication, contractual or civil-service bumping, and EAP support must exist before name-level information moves. Confirming or texting names, or announcing on social media without process, creates inequity, security, and political risk. The CHRO stops the leak and completes the program design with legal, finance, and operations.