Welcome To Iowa's Layoff Aversion
Project!
Iowa’s businesses find themselves competing not only with
companies across the street, but also with companies around
the globe. As a result, many companies are streamlining
their operations, core competency, and skill requirements to
remain competitive in the global marketplace. Long-term
employees can be at a disadvantage because of outdated
skills and face dislocation because of plant closures,
relocations, or reinvention. Since the 1980s, states have
focused on the following strategies for retention and
aversion:
Layoff monitoring and “early warning networks”
Pre-feasibility Studies
Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
Worker Training
Linkages to loan programs and other business assistance
programs
Iowa’s Commitment to Prevent Layoffs
Iowa’s Early Warning System and Layoff Aversion Project
includes the thought that layoff aversion involves a
“continuum” of strategies and ideas to assist business and
workers as well as communities when responding to a layoff
and crisis. Not only do we want to work with communities to
assist businesses in preventing layoffs but we also want to
assist those workers who have been laid off by shortening
the length of time before they start working their next job.
Did you know...
That for every 1000 job losses, it might be possible to save
250 jobs through retention strategy and effort. This allows
valuable public resources to focus on those job losses that
cannot be averted. (Ohio Employee Ownership Center:
Pre-feasibility Studies)
New!
Be sure to check out our new Business Services page for
information on how to join our
Peer-to-Peer Business Network and learn how to apply for
the Incumbent Worker Training
funds now available!
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