Once you decide to terminate an employee, a series of business issues with legal consequences follows. This 90-minute training on legally terminating employees shows how to handle a termination without creating liability.
The right approach can depend on whether the employee is at-will, a government employee or under contract. You'll review your termination policy, federal and state wrongful termination laws, when firing is illegal, and the difference between layoffs and discharge for cause.
The session then covers documenting performance issues, conducting a legal review, informing the employee, the final paycheck, severance pay and waivers of legal rights, and unemployment claims.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
Terminating an employee is one of the hardest parts of managing a business, but sometimes it is necessary. Doing it professionally and ethically, with the right procedures, softens the impact on the employee and helps protect the business from litigation.
It suits business owners and operators, HR and personnel managers, department managers and anyone responsible for terminating employees.
AREA COVERED
- Types of employees and the issues they present: at-will, government and contract
- Reviewing the company termination policy
- Risk analysis
- Layoffs versus discharge for cause
- Federal and state wrongful termination laws, and when firing is illegal
- Documenting performance issues and the employee file
- Conducting the legal review
- Informing the employee of the decision
- The final paycheck
- Severance pay, waivers of legal rights and unemployment claims
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Identify the employee's status and the termination issues it raises
- Apply your termination policy and analyze legal risk
- Recognize when a termination would be illegal under federal or state law
- Document performance issues and complete a legal review before acting
- Inform the employee professionally
- Handle the final paycheck, severance, waivers and unemployment claims
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
- Business owners/operators
- HR/personnel managers
- Department or unit managers
- Any manager or employee with the responsibility of terminating other employees
Terminating an employee is one of the hardest parts of managing a business, but sometimes it is necessary. Doing it professionally and ethically, with the right procedures, softens the impact on the employee and helps protect the business from litigation.
It suits business owners and operators, HR and personnel managers, department managers and anyone responsible for terminating employees.
- Types of employees and the issues they present: at-will, government and contract
- Reviewing the company termination policy
- Risk analysis
- Layoffs versus discharge for cause
- Federal and state wrongful termination laws, and when firing is illegal
- Documenting performance issues and the employee file
- Conducting the legal review
- Informing the employee of the decision
- The final paycheck
- Severance pay, waivers of legal rights and unemployment claims
- Identify the employee's status and the termination issues it raises
- Apply your termination policy and analyze legal risk
- Recognize when a termination would be illegal under federal or state law
- Document performance issues and complete a legal review before acting
- Inform the employee professionally
- Handle the final paycheck, severance, waivers and unemployment claims
- Business owners/operators
- HR/personnel managers
- Department or unit managers
- Any manager or employee with the responsibility of terminating other employees