February 17, 2010
Writing A Termination Letter - Sometimes you just HAVE to get rid of
Sometimes you just HAVE to get rid of the individual because the cost of keeping him is too high. To protect you and your company, I encourage you to ask questions which will bring out admission of fault. You must not give a worker whom you separate "for cause" any recommendations. o A discipline meeting with a final written warning according to the Chapter 6 program, or. You start by documenting the business grounds for the job elimination. Within this section, you must state that this final incident has left you with no other choice than to lay off this jobholder. They are ruling small companies must follow accepted lay off practices because this conforms to the "public good." So, even if you have only 3 workforce, you could lose a wrongful dismissal suit when you lay off someone for an improper reason. You must know with certainty whether you have proper evidence. You should refer to these in the dismissal letter. Often he has already gone to his attorney and gotten coaching on what to ask for.
Other times, the manager will investigate, document the inquest and then dismiss the employee. You can create one of these using your separation notice template. o Put all the employee's take home materials (dismissal notice, separation document, COBRA notice, final paycheck and severance check) into a folder for easy access. They are as follows: the date, the worker's name, the jobholder's address, the business name, the effective lay off date and the terms of the separation. The psychological reason for this meeting is to give the employee a chance to "have his say." He desires to inform someone from management how unfair you and the firm have been. Simply, the employee isn't at fault for her layoff.