What you must know about insubordinate employees.

March 15, 2010

Many human resource personnel do not feel comfortable (Firing Employees)

How to fire an insubordinate employee. Step-by-step guidebook.

Many human resource personnel do not feel comfortable sacking an executive level worker. These policies should include potential separation issues such as tardiness, absenteeism, drug and alcohol abuse both during and after work hours, as well as fraternizing, sexual harassment, stealing and abusing company property. The next steps involve verbal corrective action, a written notification, and a lastly termination notice. This is only further complicated when you don't want to sack a good worker but you should because of a firm reorganization. o Laid off worker's co-workforce. You'll know intuitively who's litigious and who's not. Many types of company letters are hard to write, but finding a good sample lay off notice for outlook can help. You must also attach any applicable company policies and state or Federal policies relevant to the downsizing.

My processes treat the disgruntled employee with a reasonable balance between her needs and your small business circumstances. Therefore, you should watch for an employee that has difficulty concentrating or following directions, as this worker may develop into a major problem for you and your business. Today you risk lawsuits for terminating a jobholder the wrong way. While this may be the case, and only you can decide, sometimes personnel have troubles related to their life outside their work environment. More importantly, the removal of the problem worker will give you more time to run the company and increase results. The first time they fail to do what you ask, you assume they did not hear you. Often when competitive pressures force us to separate workers, we're looking for cost cuts.

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How to fire an insubordinate employee. Step-by-step guidebook.