February 17, 2011
Many human resource (Employee Hygiene) employees don't feel comfortable dismissing
Many human resource employees don't feel comfortable dismissing an executive level worker. Since this is a discussion, you don't need a management witness as in a traditional termination meeting. Take a look at the Appendix with the 58 potential items of a discontinuance package. Otherwise, the jobholder or his attorney-at-law will accuse you of discrimination. Since there is such a wide range of disabilities possible - ranging from emotional, to physical, to mental - the problems your worker may face will be different. Your ex-worker may want to work "the system" and make extra money from her termination. Your only choice is to act on his maliciousness by dismissing him right away, because you can't have an employee undermining your authority. When the CEO doesn't answer right away, he calls the local business press. o Deferral of severance payments to reduce taxes for the employee.
Then the supervisor should resort to progressive discipline with the worker. What Should You Include in a worker separation Notice? o Chapter 9: Procedure For Conducting Low-Risk And Medium-Risk Separation Meetings. o A layoff notice which clearly describes the discontinuance package including any compensation, cash for vacation or sick days, their final day, and so on. You don't have to write them down. Since law will force you to give the reason anyway, you might as well include it the termination memorandum. The jobholder bad mouths you, the company and other workers.