Mergers and Acquisitions

New and Updated

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  Employment Law Manual

  Employee Communications: Federal

  Updated to reflect US Department of Labor guidance regarding electronic notice-posting.

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  Legal Timetable

  New York City Requires Successor Employers to Retain Grocery Store Workers

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  Tasks

  Prepare for and Handle a Merger or Acquisition

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  How To

  How to Prepare for and Handle a Merger or Acquisition

  Company restructures like mergers or acquisitions are a tremendous opportunity for HR professionals to really shine. HR needs to be proactive in preparing for the restructure and should take the lead in gathering information from both companies (or more) and conducting a comparison study or a "cultural compatibility assessment." The results of that study are so significant that they can affect the price of the acquisition, set the course of the new company's trajectory, or even raise issues that cancel a merger or acquisition altogether.

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  FAQs

  Which organization defines the culture of a merged or acquired business?

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  FAQs

  How will a merger or acquisition affect HR?

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  Checklists

  Prepare for a Merger and Acquisition Checklist

  This checklist may be used to assist in the process of preparing for a merger and acquisition and determining the risk factors involved. It may also be used to ensure seamless integration once the transaction has been completed.

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  Supervisor Training

  Handling a Corporate Restructuring - Supervisor Briefing

  This briefing for supervisors provides ideas and best practices on responding to the challenges faced during a corporate restructuring.

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  Policies and Documents

  Cultural Survey for Post-Merger Integration Form

  An employer may use this form to survey employees following the closing of a merger or acquisition transaction. The Cultural Survey for Post-Merger Integration Form will help HR and the merged employers' senior leadership understand employee perceptions of the effectiveness of the integration of the two pre-merger cultures.

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  Employment Law Manual

  Employee Retention: Federal

  This section assists HR professionals in addressing both voluntary and involuntary turnover by measuring, monitoring and evaluating policies and processes that directly or indirectly affect employees' decisions to leave. Employers can diagnose, predict and control employee turnover to reduce business costs.