Mergers and Acquisitions, Integration, and Workforce Redundancy: Why SUB Plans Are a Smarter Multi-S

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Post-deal integration often begins in January, and for HR teams, that means addressing an uncomfortable but common reality: workforce redundancy.

Overlapping roles are an expected outcome of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). The real challenge is not whether reductions will occur—but how to manage them fairly, consistently, and compliantly across states.

This is where many organizations encounter an unexpected problem: severance works very differently depending on where employees live.

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