1. You are manager of a Giant Eagle (not a bird, a grocery store)  You have been informed corporate is considering outsourcing the meatcutter function in ninety (90) days as a cost saving measure and that you would have to eliminate 6 FTE of meatcutters.  Corporate asks for your opinion.  All meat would be pre-packaged either on site of by an outside entity so that customers could no longer request special orders.  There is a Heinen’s (high end grocery store) less than two miles away with slightly higher prices.  

The union contract says, “If layoffs in a classification are necessary, all part-timers in the classification shall be laid off first and then full-timers to the extent necessary in reverse order of seniority.  Employees laid off may bump any less senior employee in a lower rated classification.” (All non-management jobs are lower rated than meatcutter)   You have one hundred twenty employees in the lower rated classifications.  There is very high turnover in part-time positions.

 

You have 12 meat cutters as follows:

Seniority Date         Age       Hours per week    Race

1.           1999                      62                   40                    W

2.           2002                      48                   40                    W    

3.           2011                      35       40     W

4.           2014                      29                   40                     W

5.           2016                      61                   40                     W

6.           2003                      66                   24                     W

7.           1987                      55                   24                     W

8.           2002                      43                   32                      B

9.           2015                      30                   24                      B

10.           2018                      35                   32                      W 

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12. QUESTION 1:Explain what you would tell corporate about the proposal, explaining all factors corporate should consider.

13. QUESTION 2: Assuming corporate does not change its mind, explain all you will do to implement the changes, including all you will advise the employees and when. *A LOT OF SPECIFICS ABOUT DOWNSIZING AND OUTSOURCING DEALING WITH CHANGE AND MEANING AND EFFECT OF LAYOFF LANGUAGE*

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Answer 1 When considering the proposal to outsource the meatcutter function corporate should consider the overall impact of the decision on the busine... View the full answer