Will a Bonus Stop a Breach? Creditors, Laid-Off Workers Question Fairness of Payments
The argument is that the company needs key employees in order to have a chance at returning to profitability. However, some stakeholders, in particularly laid-off employees and creditors, question the advisability of rewarding the very leadership that might have caused the financial problems in the first place.
See Sabrina Jones, The Washington Post, April 29, 2002