Our employee discipline procedure up to and including termination

June 29, 2008

Everybody?s Business: Why Oil and Wages Don?t Mix (Terminating Employees)

How a confused employer finally figured out employee discipline and termination.

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If a company wants to refocus on its core business, it may want to drop a whole firm segment. Example: "Given that ABC Firm wants to upgrade, what do you wish you could've done differently? Dismissing a worker for sexual harassment is not as easy as one might think. But, to be on the safe side, be sure to buy updated versions of your sacking workers manual as they become available. Then you and the employee must come up with a plan to fix these issues. However, you don't have to tell the jobholder of this right, and the representative can only be a worker, not an attorney or someone outside the company. Because it is important document, most employers start with an employee termination memorandum sample. Let me inform you what happens if you ignore this advice.

(Of course, we didn't use those words in the write-up, but this is what any normal boss would naturally think.) The basic idea of at will employment allows an employee to quit a job without advance notice and without worrying about breach of contract. For example, when you used escalating discipline, your warnings to the worker will help build your case. Further, you should copy parts of the worker handbook or brochures explaining relevant severance benefits. However by including a reason for termination in your memorandum, you explain the basis for your decision. If you own a firm with strict OSHA laws on employee hygiene, you should enforce them with your employees. In that event, you must be ready to follow good procedures for separation. Conduct a termination meeting and obviously explain everything to the worker.

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How a confused employer finally figured out employee discipline and termination.