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September 1, 2008

Employee Exit Form Interview - While dimissing a worker is difficult, some employees

Our problem employee said after we fired him "what took you so long". He's right. Here's what we should have done.

While dimissing a worker is difficult, some employees go out of their way to make it as tough as possible. When writing about the reason for the worker's termination, include specific details and examples of incidents which have led to this termination; see more about this in the next section. Make sure you get the jobholder's side of the story. So, if you do need to dismiss one of these workers you must avoid being on the losing side of an unfair termination case. Most of the time, the layoff of workforce occurs when the employee has done something to deserve getting sacked. This makes it hard for the worker's lawyer to argue you acted rashly and unfairly when you sacked his client.

Third, when a jobholder resigns, you should ask him write a resignation notice to you giving the reason he's leaving the business. When separating for improper reasons (which does at times occur), you don't want any papers. Since this is a discussion, you don't need a management witness as in a traditional separation meeting. The worker refuses to learn or perform new job duties. Generally, the administrator tries to resolve the different stories about the lay off. Make sure you obviously make clear any behavior that is reasons for immediate layoff in the jobholder handbook. The average jury award for improper lay off is over $500,000. That way, there is no room for misinterpretation. Of course firm cannot come to a screeching halt because one person should be let go. You need a sample notification of insubordination.

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Our problem employee said after we fired him "what took you so long". He's right. Here's what we should have done.