Just make sure to highlight the jobholder's strong characteristics in your letter and say nothing about the weak ones. It should accurately reflect the company's layoff process. If the layoff is handled suitably by management, this period of lower performance will be brief. Life is too short to be working for such a sleazy outfit. Will the business suspend the employee, will it dock pay, or will it separate the jobholder? At what point will you dismiss the jobholder?

You must remember embezzlement is a serious offense and terminating that individual is frequently the only move you can make. I think you would make a wonderful full-time mother." This is a clearly an illegal comment which will enrage the worker. After reviewing this list, build your case by compiling a list of witnesses and papers proving these facts. Employers don't know their rights, and many don't know what to tell a laid off employee when he asks about unemployment. 13) Give a contact person when the jobholder wants to discuss the termination after the meeting. If for some reason, you're even just a little untruthful, be sure the jobholder's lawyer will use it to prove illegal discrimination or motivations. For example, don't fire someone the day before Christmas or right before he and his wife take their kids to Disney World. It's best to fire in the morning or early in the shift. First, it gets you thinking about potential issues you may face with your employees, which will also aid you brainstorm steps you can take to prevent these problems from occurring. Instead, you must use the techniques from this chapter and those in the next one to be appropriately compassionate in the layoff meeting.