I'm sorry.  Laying off someone was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.  Unemployment, I believe is up to the state.  The person I laid off was part time and received unemployment benefits.  This was last year in Alaska.

Good luck,
Jerrie


Jerrie Clarke
Director
Sheldon Museum
PO Box 269
Haines, AK 99827
(907) 766-2366
fax: (907) 766-2368 
www.sheldonmuseum.org


--- On Wed, 2/4/09, Heather Marie Wells <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Heather Marie Wells <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Need advice on layoffs
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 6:39 AM
> Unfortunately, I heard on NPR that part-time employees
> aren't eligible for
> un-employment.  However, being NPR perhaps that could have
> just been for
> the state they were reporting.  So, I guess go ahead and
> ask but I won't
> hold my breath.
> 
>  
> 
> HM
> 
>  
> 
> Heather Marie Wells
> Collections Assistant/Podcast Producer
> Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
> 118 W. Johnson Ave.
> Springdale, AR 72764
> Phone: (479) 750-8165
> Fax: (479) 750-8693
> http://www.springdalear.gov/shiloh/
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: Julianne Snider [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:31 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Need advice on layoffs
> 
>  
> 
> The whole process sucks and you cannot do much to change
> that BUT before
> you do anything, check with your state's employment
> office (i.e.,
> Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Labor and
> Industry,
> etc.) and find out what you, as an employer, can legally
> do. The terms
> "layoff" and "fire" mean entirely
> different things and have very different
> consequences if your ex-employees file for unemployment
> claims to which
> they are entitled.
> 
> Also, ask your state employment office what cushion is
> available for those
> folks that do get laid off. They may be eligible to collect
> some
> unemployment payments and other benefits.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Diane Hutsell wrote: 
> 
> While I've been in the cultural field professionally
> for almost 10 years
> now, I've only been "Bosslady" as my staff
> like to call me for the last 2
> 1/2 years. As I'm sure everyone else on the list is
> having the same issues
> with their own budgets and making numbers line up as we
> are, we find that
> we are having to eliminate two of our part time staff
> positions after much
> discussion and number crunching the last two weeks between
> my finance
> committee and executive committee. I've never had to
> fire or lay anyone
> off and I could use some advice as for some reason they
> never covered this
> in any of my graduate courses. 
> 
>  
> 
> 1. I realize that this is going to stink for these two
> ladies, but is
> there anyway to make it suck less? 
> 
>  
> 
> 2. The big question I have is what do I need to keep in
> mind legally to
> keep the museum safe? I can't imagine anything bad
> coming from these two
> women but I want to make sure I'm keeping this on the
> up and up. It's not
> that they have done anything wrong, we just have a
> shortfall in our '09
> budget and we've looked at every possible solution and
> this is the only
> one that works.
> 
>  
> 
> Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. Not only
> is this the
> first time I've had to do this but this is the firs
> time my museum has had
> to let anyone go other than for bad performance reasons.
> 
>  
> 
> Diane
> 
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