Our employee discipline procedure up to and including termination

March 11, 2008

Terminating An Employee - Keep a written record in the employee's file.

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

Keep a written record in the employee's file. After The termination Meeting (Cont'd.) According to ERISA (another federal law on retirement benefits), you can't separate an employee to stop her from getting a retirement benefit. Although the termination manager will have to complete it later, it will serve as a visual reminder to include this information. After you have tried everything to correct an employee's performance, you must consider dismissing this individual. Step 2 in How to layoff Someone: Keep the employee Informed. If it does not turn the employee around then it is a critical document in lay off procedure. If the jobholder refuses to leave after a reasonable time, inform her firmly to get out of the building. For whatever reason, a bad employee is not producing the quantity or quality of work they must to remain a part of the organization. If counseling and warnings fail, the proprietor or Human resources director must layoff the problem individual and hire a better person for the job.

Besides personally telling this individual in a separation meeting that you are firing them, you must complete a series of steps before reaching this point. If company conditions change and you must rehire these positions, it's better to change the job description so younger workers are a better fit. After all, it is a business, and if you're losing money owing to a problem that is grounds for sacking. Unfortunately, workers claiming unlawful termination are suing companies every year. Policies for dealing with difficult employees in this area differ from company to business.

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