May 2, 2009
Firing Employees - As a smart entrepreneur or Personnel Manager, you
As a smart entrepreneur or Personnel Manager, you must realize the importance of ending insubordination as quickly as possible. You might even find yourself battling legal charges if the employee feels that your separation was discriminatory or that your termination did not have a solid basis. It is best to schedule the dismissal meeting on a Friday, as this reduces the chances of the jobholder coming back the next day and causing problems. Before terminating of an employee, you must collect all your documentation including reasons for the termination. And, you inform him 3 times you'll lay off him if his performance doesn't increase. If you want to lower the firing risk and cost, I encourage you to study these chapters.
For over 150 years, the law-of-the-land has been you could layoff any employee for a good reason, for a bad reason or for no reason at all. He, or she, will see the business as ineffectively communicating to this worker. Again, this will lower the chance of a litigation when her new manager fires the bad employee. And, your lay off memorandum will be a key document since it should make clear the specific reason for the dismissal. Another point that may assist you is paperwork showing any extra training or counseling needed to upgrade their job performance. As we've discussed before, you can be in court and lose the case even when you have a recorded legitimate reason for the dismissal. Legal defenders and Hr professionals often call this a negotiated separation. How do you separate him without a big lawsuit? If you are an employer and you know your rights, you'll be able to avoid any legal disputes that may result from a disgruntled worker or someone you have terminated.