How to give a written reprimand & terminate, if necessary.
A good severance package says a great deal about the humanity
of a business manager. A manager can tailor it to the size and
financial capacity of the business while, at the same time, create
a world of goodwill within the community.
The employee who, like Bill Bailey, finds himself or herself thrown
out the door with nothing but a fine-tooth comb, does not leave
with the same dignity of the employee who walks out with a folder
full of hope. An alert management is aware that when workers must
be terminated through no fault of their own, it creates talk among
that person's family and acquaintances. A good severance package
allows that employee to tell others what the business "did
for me" instead of what it "did to me."
The severance package need not be elaborate to create goodwill,
but the absence of such a program will not go unnoticed by either
the terminated employee or those with whom he or she makes later
contact.
Finding solutions to severance package benefits.
A severance package is not the same as a contractual severance
payment. A package includes more items like a letter of recommendation,
help to find another position or an option to stay on the group
health insurance program for a limited time. There are many ways
a business can helps its former employee. Something as simple as
a certificate of appreciation costs the business little, nothing
more than the price of stationery and copies.
Why go to all that trouble?
Management may think the final paycheck and whatever severance
pay required by law is enough. Such thinking is short-sighted and
oblivious to the positive public relations benefits of having a
good severance package. Besides, it goes a long way toward ameliorating
any resentments the terminated employee might feel toward the business.
In other words, having a good severance package to offer a departing
employee moves HR into the realm of PR, making the effort put into
the package all the more worthwhile. The sense the company cares
by offering such a package to departing employees affects the ones
who remain on the payroll. The importance of this is immeasurable.
It eases tension among employees who might otherwise get the idea
the business has no heart, and they might begin to imagine themselves
as one day walking out the door empty-handed.
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consequences of ignoring a bad employee. Written reprimand & termination
forms.
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