When you've had enough... a proven procedure for firing difficult employees.

May 16, 2010

Severance Package - If you decide the disgruntled worker did commit

What to do with difficult employees...

If you decide the disgruntled worker did commit a insubordination infraction, you can sack immediately. If you bring them into your office and explain the circumstance, whether it is downsizing or poor work productivity, the other personnel will appreciate your honestly. According to our firm policy, I'll be placing a copy of this final written notice into your permanent workers file.". If you're the supervisor, you must do it right. At some point, you'll have to replace your employee if they are not going to return. A second type of employee gross misconduct is foul or abusive language which a manager can't tolerate in the workplace.

In return, we ask you to release the business of all claims according to the attached severance agreement. Legal advisers call this various names including a waiver, a release of claims or a release of liability. He knows both you and the jobholder are not legal counselors and won't expect you to act like one. Be aware that a worker can claim you dismissed them based on age, creed, disability, national origin, religion or sex. Although no firm is completely safe, there are ways to protect the small business and to discourage attorneys from taking on your worker's legal action. Give the worker his final paycheck in the dismissal meeting if possible. He and his attorney-at-law need to convince the jury you sacked him for a bad reason. If the lay off is handled appropriately by management, this period of lower productivity will be brief. This method should include your separation letter which gives plenty of substantiation to support a case for lay off. The exact information included in your employee termination agreement depends on you, the employee, and the specific dismissing situation.

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What to do with difficult employees...