The ugly truth about problem employees. How to fire for embezzlement.

January 14, 2008

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How to navigate the 40+ employment protection laws when terminating an employee

While some of these laws apply to discrimination, others will specify certain ways that you must treat these special groups during a terminating. Name-calling, especially in the presence of other workers, is unacceptable and may result in remedial action for gross misconduct. When the jobholder can't hit a deadline, then you don't give him time sensitive work. When a worker is no longer connected to the company, he's more probably to inform the whole truth about what's going on. o How to make your terminations as easy as possible on you and the worker. o A dismissal package shows the remaining workers you're a compassionate employer. To prevent confusion, you must remind the jobholder of any verbal discussions on the terms and condition of their employment. While explaining the increased package, you must stress how valuable and fair it is. Step 8: Prepare for dismissal, the final written notification or the jobholder's resignation. Use progressive discipline to tell the worker what is wrong and how to fix it.

This is one of the hardest steps for employers to take in dealing with a problem worker. This isn't the time to accuse the jobholder. Similarly, there will be certain special considerations you'll need to take for workers based on their disabilities. Or, if you have a good performing employee but you don't like her for some illegal or stupid reason, you must put your personal biases aside. More importantly, you must include facts that back up your rationale for dismissing the worker.
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How to navigate the 40+ employment protection laws when terminating an employee