buyid.xml:
<layout version="0.1.0">
    <default>
       <remove name="left.permanent.callout" />  <!--the dog-->
       <remove name="right.permanent.callout" />  <!--back to school-->
       <remove name="catalog.compare.sidebar" />  <!--product compare-->
       <remove name="paypal.partner.right.logo" />  <!--paypal logo-->
       <remove name="cart_sidebar" /> <!--cart sidebar-->
       <remove name="left.reports.product.viewed" /> <!--recently viewed prod-->
       <remove name="right.reports.product.viewed" /> <!--recently viewed prod-->
       <remove name="right.reports.product.compared" /> <!--recently compared prod-->
    </default>
    <routerfrontend_index_index>
        <reference name="root">
            <action method="setTemplate">
                <template>page/3columns.phtml</template>
            </action>
            <action method="setHeaderTitle" module="buyid">
                <title>BuyID</title>
            </action>
        </reference>
        <reference name="left">
            <block name="buyid.register" template="buyid/register.phtml" type="buyid/register"/>
        </reference>
        <reference name="content">
            <block name="buyid.select" template="buyid/select.phtml" type="buyid/select"/>
        </reference>
        <reference name="right">
            <block name="view" template="buyid/view.phtml" type="core/template"/>
        </reference>
    </routerfrontend_index_index>



</layout>

indexController.php:

public function processEmployeesAction() {
        $customers = array();
        foreach ($_POST['checkboxvar'] as $value) {
            $customers = (unserialize($value));

        }
        $this->loadLayout();
        //print_r($customers);
        //$customers = "hurr";
        //$block = $this->getLayout()->getBlock('buyid.view');
        //$block = $this->getLayout()->createBlock('buyid/view')->setTemplate('buyid/view.phtml');
        //die(get_class($this->getLayout()->getBlock('root')));
        //die(get_class($this->getLayout()));
        $block = $this->getLayout()->getBlock('view');
        var_dump($block);
        //$block->assign($customers);
        //$this->renderLayout();
        //$this->_redirect('buyid/index/index');

    }

returns bool(false)