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September 15, 2011

Severance - The key is to treat similarly placed personnel

Next Step: Get rid of your difficult employee once and for all

The key is to treat similarly placed personnel the same. Such thinking is short-sighted and oblivious to the positive public relations benefits of having a good discontinuance package. Outplacement helps the jobholder find work in the shortest time period. Since the cause of separation is poor company results, you want to bring positive attention to the employee's past work. Some employers provide advanced warning to their workers, while others wait until right before the layoff. When the manager has no documentation and gives no legitimate reason for firing, the courts typically favor the jobholder. When dismissing employees, employer conduct during the termination period becomes especially important.

Other post-lay off procedures will include providing workforce with severance packages, completing benefits packages and completing an early retirement package. You, as a manager, cannot hide from it when it happens and must deal with it consistently, fairly, and quickly. You'll ask these questions of the worker during the exit interview. Managers from Commonwealth countries for the most part use this term. You'll likely need at least one more meeting after you've checked with your management and he has checked with his legal defender. Step 3-Another important step to complete before the termination meeting is to check company records. You, the supervisor, are paying for it through a tax levied against your payroll. One of the first questions many former workers ask during the exit interview involves unemployment benefits.

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Next Step: Get rid of your difficult employee once and for all