The recession that started in 2008 had devastating implications for employment.

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The recession that started in 2008 had devastating implications for employment. But one surprise was that for some manufacturers, the number of jobs lost was actually lower than in previous recessions. One of the main explanations for this was that between 2000 and 2008, many factories adopted lean manufacturing practices. This meant that production relies less on large numbers of low-skilled workers, and more on machines and a few highly skilled workers. As a result of this approach, a single employee was supporting far more dollars in sales. Thus, it would require a larger decline in sales before an employee would need to be laid-off in order to continue to break even. Also, because the employees are highly skilled, employers are reluctant to lose them. Instead of lay-offs, many manufacturers have resorted to cutting employees hours. As an employer would you lay-off a few employees or cut the hours of all employees? Please explain, why.

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i would probably cut off the working hours in such a situation because this will reduce their wages as well as they would not leave the firm as no other firm would accept them at the time of recession.so doing this i will retain my experienced employees as well as manage financial status.and as soon as the market revives i can bring things to normal as before without any problrm of hiring new people... GENUINE ANSWER>>NOT COPIED>>PLEASE READ AND RATE 5STAR>>PLEASE

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