July 25, 2008
Firing An Employee - Your first agreement with the salaried monthly worker
Your first agreement with the salaried monthly worker may have included a dismissal package in the event of separation. Now since you know the score, here's what you must do. Otherwise, you'll look like you're "out to get" the difficult individual. Often in large corporations, dismissals include early retirement packages to long-term workers. Nonetheless, you may need to separate the high level worker for the survival of the business. You then talk to corroborators, gather proof and draw conclusions. o The fired worker desires revenge on his former supervisors and company. Since gossip in the workplace can cause such problems, you should confront this problem properly and try to minimize it as much as possible. The separation settlement template (Tool #4) in this toolkit meets those ADEA requirements. Then you'll be ready to complete the lay off. This notification documents the facts surrounding the firing. The termination does not have to halt work, hinder office esprit de corps, or be harmful to any business.
The incident could be a single act like the employee violating a safety rule or a result of lackluster productivity over a few weeks. This is true when an employee is not working up to expectations or when the company or firm experiences changes that require eliminating jobs and sacking workers. Your separation notification sample can make a general statement and leave room for you to include specific details later.