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Disobedience can cause big problems in the workplace. 10) Ask if the worker has any questions about the termination, the severance benefits, the separation package or your help finding another job. Also, you must discuss areas the manager would like you to explore with the jobholder. Be cautious of mind-set that clouds your reality. This makes it hard to discover exactly who is causing the problem, which is exactly what a difficult individual needs. Go through the firing letter with emphasis on items in the dismissal package.

If you're dealing with a bad individual and need a paper trail in case a separation is necessary, an employee written notice is a good place to start. Employment dismissals vary from one business to another. Owing to business pressures, the Firm is dimissing your employment effective ________. If the manager has followed all the legalities associated with employee relations, he or she has nothing to fear. Due to this, you must use the termination notice to fully disclose the rationale for lay off. If your rules are legally sound, you can dismiss employees on the spot for employment insubordination. For example, you don't want to say in a department meeting, "We are looking to get some new blood in here." Then, a week later, you terminate a poor performing 56-year old employee. Afterwards the jobholder receives an unemployment check every two weeks. Although much of this book has described how to dismiss a single employee, this chapter discusses mass dismissals of employees.