FROM THE WEB: RELATED INFORMATION: If you're uncertain about how to go about these activities correctly, look into getting a book that provides you with practical information and examples on employee termination notifications and separation meetings. It's the nature of my job to change my schedule to meet business desires. Here is a brief list of the items to include in your sample employment termination notice. If the drug or alcohol abuse while on-the-job causes the misbehavior, then the obvious solution would be to lay off the jobholder. In the worst case scenario, the jobholder will take actions that hurt the company. If the business policy allows for a warning on first offense, be sure to place that written warning in the employee's file. When creating the jobholder separation memorandum and conducting the termination meeting, you should adhere to strict standards. You also should document all the corrective actions you took to help him or her increase job productivity. In this case, you should treat this as a high-risk dismissal to cut your costs (more about this in Chapter 4). Imagine explaining how you fired someone for this reason to an impartial jury in a courtroom.

In Chapters 2 and 3, you get a listing of grounds for terminating or laying off a worker. As you know from Chapter 4, you give your guideline discontinuance package for a low-risk separation. For any firing, you should write a professional and detailed layoff notice. Lastly, you should provide proof that your decision to separate the worker happened before finding out that she was pregnant. 1) Recognize the jobholder's lay off.