November 3, 2008
WTO meeting to ease credit shortage for trade (AP)
AP - The World Trade Organization has summoned leaders of top banks to find new ways to finance the global exchange of goods and services, which faces a slowdown because of the tight credit constraints caused by the financial crisis. More
Reuters - MasterCard Inc , the world's second-largest card network, posted better-than- expected earnings on Monday, excluding items, boosted by a strong revenue growth outside the Unites States and currency fluctuations, sending its shares up almost 9 percent. More
The Basics of Writing an employee firing Notice. Since most workers are good and hard workers, it's to everyone's best interest (both personnel and managers) for companies to share honest opinions about ex-personnel. o Are you terminating the employee for an improper, stupid or "no" reason? Who Conducts The Gross misconduct Examination?
Unprepared managers will find terminating a disabled worker tough. Certainly, expect to settle with the jobholder and her attorney-at-law, but this will mostly be cheaper and less disruptive to the department than leaving her job open indefinitely. See Tool #3 in the worker Dismissal Toolkit for layoff notification templates. The bad employee would be out-of-sight and out-of-mind. You don't want to start escalating discipline and find out later your management doesn't agree or, worse yet, discover the disgruntled worker is politically "protected.". She then hires an attorney-at-law to make your life miserable. Of all the legal reasons, poor productivity and minor misbehavior need the most evidence. Your employee will probably sue you for unlawful separation if you answer yes to one or more of these questions. Your guideline package is what you normally give workforce when you dismiss them. Not only does the firm sacrifice productivity, but the victim of this gossip may claim the firm and its management have violated their rights. You should further back-up the jobholder dismissal form by added papers such as copies of relevant written warnings and employee evaluations, as necessary. What to say when dimissing a worker carries with it the need to know what to say to the other workforce.