Hi, Ken That is now illegal. There are specific methods of informing survivor employees AFTER the layoff has occurred. The law is very clear on this. I once had a manager who came to work dressed in a long black gown, wearing a black hood and mask, and carrying a scythe. He would walk up behind the employee to be laid off, tap him/her on the shoulder, and crook his finger and say, "Your time is up, my friend. Gather together your personal belongings and come with me". The day after he was finished laying people off, they fired his ass and he was escorted out of the building. They ended up paying umpteen million bucks in the class-action lawsuit brought about against them for this manager's antics. R. Dean Stadem Consulting Engineer Analog Technologies Corp./Lumagine, Inc. 11441 Rupp Drive Burnsville, MN 55431 (952)894-9228 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ken Bloomquist Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:14 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] NTC: I just joined the ranks of the unemployed... One of the worst layoff's I ever went through, even though I didn't get laid off, was a big one where HR would get on the PA every half hour or so and read off a list of the next terminations. This went on all day, very nerve wracking and a VERY long day! KennyB --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------