What to do when the employee ignores your reprimand

August 27, 2009

Always making sure the employee understands you (Insubordination) and

If you're fed up with your employee's behavior, this is how you legally terminate

Always making sure the employee understands you and visa versa. Before you can fix these problems, you must layoff workforce to get back on solid financial ground. If the jobholder believes the problem you're having relates to his or her disability, you must address it now. It's better to move forward and focus on the future direction of the business and organization. If there was no wrongdoing, you might beg him to reconsider, but likely it'll be too late. (Unquestionably, when the small company already has policies and methods about lay offs, these supersede the list below.)

As a small company owner, it is likely that you'll not have a Human resources representative or a third-party contractor that will conduct exit interviews. Although dismissing a jobholder is something I don't lose sleep over, I still have the same worries you do. For example, you can layoff a low-risk employee right away, but it may take months to lay off a high-risk one. In the next chapter, we cover mass lay offs which are often easier for you than dealing with one problem worker. As long as the outside behavior doesn't affect their work productivity or the productivity of your company, you cannot lay off them without fear of a improper layoff suit. Forget an "I am sorry" sentences or even "We enjoyed your time here" or anything that shows emotion about the jobholder's layoff. As a proprietor or human resource workforce, you should find your threshold then decide a course of action for what some believe to be the "hardest" part of the job-dismissing the unwanted employee. If you're an employer or a business supervisor, you will eventually have to layoff an employee for cause. If the employee's personal life is interfering with work, use the business's counseling services. In this case you won't have much trouble telling the jobholder that you're letting them go.

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If you're fed up with your employee's behavior, this is how you legally terminate