When the pandemic slammed the brakes on the U.S. economy in March, many companies placed workers on furlough, rather than laying them off. At the time, the prevailing belief was the workplace shutdown would be temporary and that furloughed workers would return to the job when the economy reopened.
As businesses begin to reopen, many are reassessing the furlough decisions they made in March, said Kerry Notestine, co-chair of employment firm Littler’s Business Restructuring Practice Group.
