June 16, 2010
You, the jobholder (Employee Insubordination) and your witnesses will swear
You, the jobholder and your witnesses will swear a legally binding oath to tell the truth. Remain calm and thank your employee for their information. You don't owe an misbehaving disabled worker a job. Without making it too harsh or too personal, it is important that you sum up everything that led to terminating the employee. Only then can you avoid a litigation for discriminatory conduct. The worst mistake a firing supervisor can make involves writing the firing notification. This can cost the company in both time and money. You can draft a sample job termination memorandum to use as a guide for writing all future documents. This in turn leads to a unlawful layoff suit with your "I'm sorry" as the start witness. The human resource person should give the grounds for dismissing, telling the executive that they can dispute the claims through the proper channels. Meet towards the end of the day, so the jobholder has time to think about what you said overnight.
When the time comes to write notifications of dismissal, you might not be feeling compassionate toward the worker in question. Separating - This is the same as dismissing. Unfortunately, these are the employees you are most desperate to separate. The employee is not performing up to the job description after adequate time to learn the job. You'll ask these questions of the employee during the exit interview.