Your employer rights and choices with bad employees

December 22, 2009

Employers Rights - First, the boss should coach the worker when

When you're considering firing someone, here are some factors to consider

First, the boss should coach the worker when the misconduct occurs. Likely, you'll be sending out an e-mail notice and making phone calls instead of speaking to your workers in a organization meeting and you likely won't need a security guard. In general, when your current personnel have a group health plan, you must let the ex-employee buy extended coverage for up to 18 months . All employers should have the Hr department draft a notice of separation sample for future use. Besides guiding you through the steps necessary to layoff the employee, the dismissal employees manual should make clear the grounds for each step. For example, you can't lay off a worker for: Give the firm reasons for the termination including the business's new strategic direction and firm pressures. However you must address the worker written notice directly to the employee. By terminating on Friday, he has 2 days to accept the lay off and get help from his support group before they all return to work Monday. Because you'll likely offer more than your standard package, you should ask everyone, low and medium risk, to sign a separation settlement with a release of claims. For example, a severance package will reduce the sting of separation, terminating on Friday will reduce the humiliation, and having a witness in the meeting gives you extra physical protection. Document your meetings with the jobholder and document any programs he or she should attend.

But if you must do this, you need a good sample layoff letter for demeanor from which you can develop your own notice. Information written on the form should include the jobholder's name and identification information, the date and time of the violation, and what the violation is. If, however, you terminated him for repeated minor misbehavior or for gross misbehavior, then the ex-worker isn't eligible. Overwhelming misbehavior: Stealing $5300 from the company (Terminate immediately.)

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When you're considering firing someone, here are some factors to consider