Directors want to pick RIF names by attitude. What should HR's layoff strategy require before names are final?
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Short Explanation
Attitude is a Rorschach test, not a layoff criterion. You need job-related factors written down and a look at who gets hit. Otherwise the city is buying a discrimination case with a budget cut.
Full Explanation
Defensible layoff selection uses documented, job-related criteria—skills, performance history, and seniority where required by contract or civil service—and an impact analysis before names are final. Attitude, political complaints, or director preference without a standard invite discrimination and retaliation claims and undermine public legitimacy. Layoff strategy is a designed program, not a personality sort. HR's role is to impose the standard and the analysis.