An open letter to every employer wanting to terminate an employee

October 28, 2008

Terminate Employees - You should list any monetary compensation and make

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You should list any monetary compensation and make clear any worker benefit packages the former employee should receive. You should have a checklist listing any business property or assets the employee should return. You do not have the right to refuse a jobholder a job based on race, gender, and religion. This article explains what a good separation letter should include. o Did the worker know ahead of time the employer might lay off him for bad performance and conduct?

Then you have no other choice but to layoff the jobholder. The jobholder intentionally disrupts production. Inform the worker you're giving this "short-cycle" productivity review to give him a chance to increase and understand your new directives. The purpose of this notification is to give you my experiences with [Employee Full Name] while employed with [The business]. You need this when warning and terminating personnel. You must have evidence showing "before and after" of the overall demographics of the company by protected group. o Recently went through a lawsuit, his divorce. This approach can save you and the worker the agonizing emotions associated with a full-blown sacking. The tone of your dismissal notice should be firm and not unkind, but at the same time you must not include any tone of apology (unless unquestionably you're downsizing, which is a different case). Without paperwork or physical substantiation to back reasons for lay off, you are opening a window for terminated workforce to claim unlawful layoff.

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