Across US, Canadian, and UK employment law, a dismissed employee has a duty to mitigate their losses. When an employer provides bona fide outplacement services and the employee declines or underutilises them, courts and employment tribunals consistently reduce — or eliminate — the employer's damages exposure.

The Rutherford Outplacement Programme™ transforms that duty to mitigate from a passive legal concept into an active, documented instrument. Participation records, assessment results, and curriculum completion data are available to legal counsel if required.