Law’s Sharona Hoffman examines problems employees facing job loss near retirement face

Most local Joann Fabrics stores are closing
WEWS: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, suggested that employees facing job loss near retirement—especially after long-term employment—face unique challenges. She also encouraged employees affected by the closing of Joann Fabrics to consider retraining programs, leveraging transferable skills, financial planning and government resources like unemployment benefits or vocational services.