Employer's guide to handling difficult employees

October 4, 2007

Your business may want to add (Firing) other information

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

Your business may want to add other information to the jobholder warning form. You follow this with a written notification, a final written notice, and then termination. o Inform the worker you're her contact person for any more questions. o Could the worker believe you're terminating for an illegal, stupid or "no" reason, even when it's not true? When Not to Use a Memorandum of Termination Sample. o The jobholder will probably sue even when you have plenty of papers, OR. The Benefits of Using Sample Employee separation Notifications.

You as a supervisor have tried every positive method possible to deal with a bad worker. When you suspect the employee is intentionally falsifying records or lying to his supervisor, you'll want to conduct a thorough probe before separating him. o Escalating discipline is confidential and should only be between you and the disgruntled individual. o Consent to hire company's employees at new job (especially trusted lieutenants). Why prolong the agony of the company and the jobholder by conducting an exit interview? You must have your signature block and be sure to sign and date the memorandum. o The dismissal is medium or high risk and you can't afford the increased severance or a litigation. Third, the worker has a written contract (many union workers and executives have this), and the contract compels a severance payment according to a formula.

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