Our employee discipline procedure up to and including termination

December 20, 2009

Laying Off Employee - As well, the finance department should procedure any

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

As well, the finance department should procedure any paperwork for worker refunds. 10) Encourage employee to see a legal counsellor (Medium-risk separations only). Instead we are talking about dismissing workers whose work productivity is poor. Misbehavior and sacking go together because one leads to the other. If the drug or alcohol abuse while on-the-job causes the disobedience, then the obvious solution would be to dismiss the worker. Lastly if you feel the need to sack the employee because of many small incidents, you should attempt to isolate the underlying reason behind these reoccurring problems. If you separate both, you would get a illegal dismissal claim for sexual harassment from both women. Keep in mind these embarrassing comments could reduce your credibility with the remaining workforce. Likely, you'll be sending out an e-mail notice and making phone calls instead of speaking to your personnel in a department meeting and you likely won't need a security guard.

If you have a worker who abuses alcohol, your first choice is to get them some help. Holding a dismissal meeting with the employee. It tells the worker exactly why you're sacking her, explains her severance benefits and introduces her to the severance agreement, when you're offering one. And, before he or she knows it, some opportunistic legal counsellor is calling them on the phone asking for a $100,000 (or more) settlement for the "wronged" employee. A cold layoff leaves a bad impression not only on the affected worker, but the firm's reputation. Although the definition of employment at will favors the boss, it commonly fails to protect you when you dismiss a worker. If Sacking Jailed Employees is the Only Answer.

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