Employer's guide to handling difficult employees

August 16, 2008

Downsizing - Jobless claims fall less than expected (AP)

Handling difficult employees? Here's what you must do before they destroy your business.


AP - The job market showed continued strains on Thursday when government data said the number of newly laid-off workers filing applications for unemployment benefits fell less than expected last week.
One of the first questions many former employees ask during the exit interview involves unemployment compensation. Therefore, you should have easy access to a sample worker termination memorandum. When using a worker discipline form you not only inform the problem worker that their behavior is unacceptable, but you also have a written evidence of the issues. o Chapter 8: Procedure - How To Prepare For The dismissal.

The employee has a bad disposition. To make your career transition more comfortable for you and your family, we also offer you the following enhancements to our discontinuance package. Unfortunately, these are the workers you are most desperate to lay off. She said you rated her below expectations because you showed favoritism to the "younger women with short skirts." You knew this to be untrue, and Personnel did an inquest showing you weren't the problem. You should obviously and accurately describe the problem you're having with the jobholder, as well as describe the actions you took with the employee. Problem employees think they are entitled to problem behavior. o Employee was a victim of racial harassment. The hearing officer will sit at the head of the table, the ex-employee will sit on one side and you and your eyewitnesses will sit opposite. The jobholder Needs To Negotiate. With a high-risk layoff, you don't layoff the worker, but he resigns in return for a big dismissal package. Step 2: Get the insubordinate worker's side of the story.

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Handling difficult employees? Here's what you must do before they destroy your business.