July 9, 2009
Employee Theft of Business Property: Sometimes an employee (Job Termination)
Employee Theft of Business Property: Sometimes an employee will steal small items of company property. Employers do not want to leave any doubt about why they are dismissing a jobholder. 1) Inform the employee immediately you have not found enough substantiation to dismiss for insubordination. 2) State directly you're sacking the jobholder and the effective date. * Address your employee's wants within the boundaries of the small business. This tells them you're serious about the situation. For example, you might note that a report was late or the worker has missed many days of work over a certain period of time. If the layoff is owing to a lay off, restructuring or downsizing, you can express some sensitivity in the notices of lay off. Instead of doing this from scratch, it is wise to have an employee separation notice sample to work from. It's best for your Human resources department to keep the papers because the sacking boss may leave the firm, and the records may become lost.
It's best for your Personnel department to keep the evidence because the dimissing boss may leave the company, and the records may become lost. In Chapters 6 and 7, you'll learn how to document the layoff Chapter 6 shows you how to use escalating discipline to build your case against a jobholder with a performance problem or minor misbehavior. If you suspect the jobholder might do something mischievous or damaging to company property, you might have a security guard accompany them when they clean out their desk and to escort them from firm property. If you are not going to enforce other rules, what is to make the worker decide to wear proper safety equipment and to follow other safety processes? If a jobholder is causing problems, but the company fails to list this problem as a reason for separation, firing this employee will be difficult.