August 15, 2007
Firing An Employee - ANSWER TO PART A: Is it likely the
ANSWER TO PART A: Is it likely the jobholder will sue? If you document everything that a worker does wrong using the jobholder discipline form, it will make terminating them much easier. And have your legal counsellor review them before using the notices in a termination. They made some innocent mistake during the layoff such as saying the wrong thing at the wrong time during the firing meeting.
And, a paid suspension sends a bad message to the insubordinate individual who's getting a paid vacation. Don't you have enough on your plate trying to manage and run the small company? If the theft was minor, like a jobholder taking home supplies, you may just want to issue a written notification. If such legal proceedings do occur, you will know you have protected yourself and your small company. Chapter 6 helps you create bulletproof legal evidence for personnel with lackluster performance and minor misconduct. This obviously tells the jobholder that if their productivity does not significantly upgrade within 30 days, they will face separation. As a tool, the written warning template allows you to notify an employee formally of their errant behavior, and then take further suitable action if the warning goes unheeded. But knowing how to layoff someone appropriately is important to the future success of your business. Also, he or she may not listen to your directions or regularly "forget" what you told them to do. If you ask the worker to do work within her or his job description and within business policy, the worker should comply. This current incident (and everything leading up to it) forces us to lay off your employment. For example, "you seem like you're starting to wear down" (age bias) or "Your morning sickness and resulting bad attitude is getting on my nerves" (pregnancy bias.)