February 13, 2009
Counseling Employees - You can still dismiss workers for misconduct or
You can still dismiss workers for misconduct or violation of business policy. Note, though, you must document the verbal warnings in the employee's personnel file. The employee may then cross-examine them as well. While it creating one template for all termination notices is ideal, this is not a realistic expectation. Therefore, you should make the dismissal notification employee friendly.
To minimize your risk of a wrongful termination suit, please check with a legal counsellor before using this memorandum or any sample layoff notification for that matter. At times it becomes necessary to fire workforce for economic reasons. Now and then workers either cannot master the necessary skills or simply refuse to do so. Obviously, the sample cannot give you the exact wording. When your unlawful termination suit goes to trial, the jury will laugh at your stupid reason just long enough to give a whopping large award to your ex-employee. Other rationale for employee termination are more distasteful. o Refund of job hunting expenses. No one but the employer, the boss's supervisor and the Hr department need to know the details. Make sure it is easily accessible on your computer or in a file. When a company doesn't officially have flextime, most managers are still loose with their attendance policies. Often when competitive pressures force us to lay off workforce, we're looking for cost cuts.