Effective Termination Techniques - How to Document Terminations (So You Won't Lose a Lawsuit)

But NOT terminating disruptive, underperforming employees is dangerous, too. You can’t survive in the competitive marketplace with bad-apple employees who sap morale and decrease productivity.

So what do you do? You manage risk. You make sure that every manager and supervisor in your company follows clear-cut procedures when dealing with problem employees. Will adhering to best-practices guarantee that no fired employee will get angry and sue? Of course not. But it will reduce the likelihood you’ll get sued, and dramatically increase your chances of prevailing should you ever end up in court.

Will explain how to manage and document the termination process so that you’ll have the confidence to take the actions that are in your company’s best interests. At the end of this conference you'll learn:

• The role performance evaluations play in terminations (including why they’re the first thing plaintiffs’ attorneys want to see)
• The right – and wrong – way to implement progressive discipline
• Why it’s important to document an employee’s poor performance and even minor policy infractions
• How to write an effective performance improvement plan/disciplinary memo.

You will also learn about the following:

• What documentation is appropriate in an internal investigation
• The importance of consistency
• Why does all of this matter since all our employees are at-will?