Part 1
Silkin Management Group presented a series of five articles concerning important guidelines to look at when considering the possibility of terminating an employee. Some of these articles are posted on this Silkin Management Group blog site and the remainder are on the Silkin Management Group blog site which you can link to here: http://silkinmanagementgroup.org/.
This series of Silkin Management Group articles will go over issues to consider once you have made the decision to terminate an employee and feel you have proper documentation and consistency surrounding the decision.
There are several important points to consider once the decision has been made to terminate an employee. We will go over some key points to be aware of in this Silkin Management Group blog article as well as upcoming Silkin Management Group articles.
As we’ve stated in every Silkin Management Group article on the subject of employee interaction, you must ensure you have proper office policies and job descriptions in place. Silkin Management Group’s extensive Office Policy and Job Description Manual that all Silkin Management Group clients receive, is an excellent starting place. Silkin Management Group consultants make sure that all new Silkin Management Group clients implement these policies and job descriptions and, as needed, adapt them to their office.
Assuming you have these policies and job descriptions in place, here are the first of several things that Silkin Management Group suggests that Silkin Management Group clients consider when they are ready to proceed with terminating an employee.
• When to do it: The best advice is to communicate the decision as soon as possible to the employee. It saves embarrassment to deliver news of termination to the employee at the end of the workday when everyone else has left the office.
• Witness: Have a witness present. This offers protection as well as evidence that various things were or were not communicated.
We will present more termination suggestions in upcoming Silkin Management Group blogs.
Jack Hennessy
Silkin Management Group Consultant
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