However, when these fail, realize you may have to terminate the employee involved. For example, you can separate someone for being a Dallas Cowboys fan - clearly a stupid reason unless, undoubtedly, you live in Washington DC:). If you're a small business owner, a worker leaving the firm can impact the small company dramatically. This form allows you to keep papers and information about the layoff. However, the dismissal will not affect everyone. Be sure to hand out warnings as a sign of something worse to come, but do so with the betterment of the firm in mind. In particular, you cannot layoff a worker because she is pregnant.

And don't document when you are separating for an illegal reason. This papers then becomes a legal document that supports you in court. It shows a jury you carefully considered the dismissal before carrying it out, and you gave the problem worker "due process." It also shows someone else in the business supported the decision. If you again sexually harass a coworker, customer or supplier of our firm, we'll lay off you summarily.". At the wrong times, employee insubordination can lose potential clients, or worse, lose current ones. After all, you must be certain the paperwork is accurate and that you have gathered enough evidence to justify the dismissal. For example, you may have to terminate the jobholder on Friday, but can't get a check cut until the next Tuesday. If the worker has received good past job reviews, you must take more time with the termination.