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December 9, 2007

Special Considerations When Developing Your Firing (Severance Package) Disabled Employee

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Special Considerations When Developing Your Firing Disabled Employee Policy. For the most part terminating an employee is highly stressful for everyone involved, including the layoff supervisor. Sacking a worker is awkward. Some experts claim it is better to terminate a person on Friday while others say you should do it early in the week. They will know the proper procedures to follow in such cases. Your employee has the right to remain on your insurance for up to 18 month after lay off, but he or she will have to pay the firm-paid portion of the insurance.

Many human resource employees don't feel comfortable separating an executive level worker. When sacking such an employee, you must know how to handle anything he or she may try. o Breach of fiduciary duty to the firm. The firing notice is a substantial document not only for the layoff meeting but also for legal purposes if the jobholder files a illegal lay off litigation. Therefore this example is a high risk termination and you must do a negotiated layoff with him. When you feel comfortable with the consequences, go ahead and separate the problem employee. These all favor the terminated worker. You must expect an impasse which sometimes happens with negotiated dismissals. On the same token, an employee termination notice should be clear, agree with your policy, and leave nothing to the imagination. They hear the complaints from the separated worker on their way out the door.

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