Why you MUST counsel and, possibly, terminate a problem employee

July 12, 2011

Counseling Employees - Your standard package is what you normally give

Counseling employees but it's not working? Here's the next step.

Your standard package is what you normally give personnel when you terminate them. When someone is out for the day or longer, another worker should cover their workload. This notice is to document terminating employee _______________. The reasons for this separation are as follows: (You must include your specific documentation here. o Acting as a representative for workforce to management. With a low risk layoff, the employee is unlikely to sue and you have papers justifying the termination for a legitimate reason. Under such circumstances, the employee does not have to give the boss the reason for leaving his or her current position. Management can handle Misbehavior or disobedience by giving a written notice, docking pay, removing vacation time, or simply talking with the jobholder. Second, the jobholder is unlikely to sue and you have inadequately recorded a legitimate reason. Bad employees are more probably to have lies on their resumes than other employees due to their work ethic.

Third world countries with low cost labor have made the business environment much tougher. Similarly, extreme disciplinary action for a minor infraction can lead to a drop in employee esprit de corps and cause a fall in productivity. So why should you even bother trying to tackle these management issues? This is true even when they're low-risk workforce. Only people in your management chain and a few in Personnel should know. Management should not consider a jobholder bad if he or she can't perform tasks contained in another employee's job description suitably and safely.

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Counseling employees but it's not working? Here's the next step.