Over 80% of all employment-related lawsuits relate to termination. Every termination should be treated as a potential lawsuit. The facts supporting a leader's recommendation of discharge must be fully investigated. The discharge of an employee requires prior review and approval. Narrow self-interest, spite, or personal animosity must not play a part in making termination decisions. This course provides practical knowledge and scripts for handling discharges with good judgment such that personal and employer liability is avoided.
Learning Objectives
- Learn how to prepare for and conduct discharge meetings,
- Understand how to decide if off-site/off-work misconduct is worthy of discharge.
- Learn how to respond to reference checks on former employees.
Major Topics
- Issues to be evaluated pre-discharge.
- Off-site/off work-misconduct.
- Pre-discharge interviews
- Resignations
- Discharge meetings
- Exit Interviews
- Reference checks
