164791 Resource 147682 147762 147761 1175894502821 1210606005414 Controlled Workplace Discipline & Employment-at-Will

Even with “employment-at-will” protections, problems can arise when terminating employees.

<p>Employers that take the &ldquo;employment-at-will&rdquo; concept too literally can be looking at potential legal difficulties.&nbsp; If a complaint is brought to court then a human factor from judges and juries come into play. The human factor can eliminate the &ldquo;black and whiteness&rdquo; of the employment-at-will concept and put you in danger of losing a large lawsuit.</p><p>Employment Law Attorney Jonathan Segal suggests employers follow these guidelines to protect themselves from the human factor of employee terminations:</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Use progressive discipline</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Use the same person who hired to fire</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Drop problem workers in the first 90 days</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When you document, cite specifics</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Avoid absolutes, but have absolute reasons for termination</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Do not list all of the little things</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Do not describe a problem worker in medical terms&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> 10 application/xml false at will discipline employee employer employment law employment-at-will human factor lawsuit termination workplace Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 jimt 216.58.130.130 false true false false true 147682 blog blogsite/StaffScapes/web