Discipline Employees - Consumer spending strong in November (Reuters)

Reuters - Consumer spending rose at the fastest rate in more than two years in November and prices also climbed sharply, according to a government report on Friday that showed the economy on firmer ground than many had believed.

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You can never be too careful when terminating a worker and when developing an exit interview policy - your small business depends on it. Escalating discipline is the primary method of detailing poor performance and minor misbehavior. When appealing a terminated employee's unemployment claim, you should have evidence.

When the worker's conduct would damage performance or lead to general mutiny, it must be dealt with as gross misconduct. o Challenging supervisor's authority. Tell the jobholder when he or she should leave the premises. Question: Can you offer an employee you're about to lay off a copy of a separation memorandum and a copy of a resignation letter and let him decide which one he needs to sign? The best way to document poor productivity and minor misbehavior is through progressive discipline. Then you have no other choice but to layoff the worker. Well-written notifications of separation can ease the pain of sacking. To make matters worse, you should know the average award in a wrongful termination trial is $536,927 (according to Jury Verdict Research) and the employee wins about 70% of the time (according to Steven Mitchell Sack in Getting Fired.) You must not give a worker whom you dismiss "for cause" any recommendations. Since an disgruntled individual thinks he or she makes the rules, you will discover the worker will also decide when he or she desires to work and will set her or his own work pace. o Step 8: Schedule the termination meeting date and conference room. Your tone in a oral notice should be "helpful" not "threatening." For example, you should say, "With these corrective actions, I'm sure your productivity will improve." This is better than, "If you don't make these corrections in your behavior, you'll force me to evaluate your 'fit' with the company.".