[Goose]

Employers want as many taking buyouts as possible, because the more they layoff, the more they have to pay in unemployment contributions.

Doesn't that depend a lot on the cost of the buyout? I would also expect it has as least as much to do with the buyouts being offered to workers who they want to get rid of but who would be hard to justify (for may differing reasons, such as age) being part of a layoff.

[Goose]

Employers want as many taking buyouts as possible, because the more they layoff, the more they have to pay in unemployment contributions.

Doesn't that depend a lot on the cost of the buyout? I would also expect it has as least as much to do with the buyouts being offered to workers who they want to get rid of but who would be hard to justify (for may differing reasons, such as age) being part of a layoff.