Reduction in Force (RIF) Software

Automate compliance and minimize risk during a workforce reduction

A Reduction in Force (RIFs)—or layoff—is difficult for departing employees and Human Resources teams alike. It’s not just about delivering bad news; rather, organizations look to HR to manage the process from start to finish. Although RIFs will never be easy, the process doesn’t have to be so challenging. Onwards HR’s offboarding software streamlines the reduction in force process and automates severance, leading to consistent, compliant, and supportive employee exits.

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Build a business case for a reduction in force

During a workforce reduction, it’s important to document your decision making. This helps ensure employee selections are fair and that your practices aren’t discriminatory.

  • Explain the business reason leading to the reduction in force

  • Define the business justification and selection criteria for the impacted employees

  • Maintain documentation of employees who were considered but not selected for the event

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Manage employee pools for restructures and workforce reductions

When evaluating employees for a reduction in force, your rationale should be objective and easy to follow.

  • Create employee pools that are supported by your business justification and selection criteria

  • Using your employee pools, assign employees as considered for or impacted by the layoff

  • Collaborate across HR and legal teams to review and approve employee selections

Employee Management tools simplify the process.

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Make last-minute changes with ease

The reduction in force process doesn’t always go as planned, so flexibility is critical.

  • Make changes that reflect throughout the platform

  • Easily adjust event dates and information rather than restarting from the beginning

  • Benefit from automatically recalculated severance and regenerated documents

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Mitigate risk by automating compliance with OWBPA & WARN

Workforce reductions and operational changes are common business practices, but they can be complex and legally demanding. Our Offboarding Compliance platform help you:

  • Assess Compliance: Standardize your offboarding practices to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations.

  • Avoid Legal Consequences: Identify potential violations of the WARN Act and Adverse Impact Analysis and proactively mitigate the risk of a violation.

  • Streamline Processes: Use compliant templates for mandated forms to simplify offboarding compliance.

This is why Legal teams love us.

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Gain transparency into offboarding practices

Learn more about your RIF severance practices to identify trends and potential areas of concern.

  • Access and analyze data from past workforce reductions to inform future decisions.

  • Mitigate risk by evaluating data to identify potential areas of concern and mitigate risks

  • Gain deeper insights into your workforce using standard and ad-hoc reporting capabilities

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