Tag Archive: Terminating employees

Nov 01 2011

Handling Difficult Workplace Issues: How to Terminate an Employee

By Dianne Shaddock, Healthy Wealthy nWise “You are fired.” On Donald Trump’s reality show, he simply utters the words and the contestant says a polite “Thank you, Mr. Trump” before leaving. But if you are a supervisor, you know that real-life terminations do not often work like that. There may be tears, accusations, and, in …

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Dec 21 2010

Eight Tips for Meeting with a Potentially Violent Employee

By Steve Bruce, HR Daily Advisor There’s going to come a time when you have to meet with a person who you think might be violent or react violently. In today’s Advisor, attorney Robert Bettac’s tips, plus an introduction to a unique one-stop solution for HR problems. Bettac’s tips came at BLR’s National Employment Law …

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Oct 05 2010

Shock and Shame in Not the Answer

By Janice Harper, Ph.D., Beyond Bullying In a recent essay, “Preventing Workplace Violence,” the author advised implementing violence prevention policies which would include 1) not giving employees any “heads up” before disciplining them (so they do not come to work armed) and 2) when a worker is suspended or terminated, immediately escorting them off the …

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Aug 30 2010

Protecting the workplace from violence during termination or layoffs

By James L, Griffin II, progress-index.com While our nation’s economic and employment conditions remain unstable, workplace violence tragedies continue to lead news headlines. The recent tragedy in Connecticut is further evidence that we are not giving Workplace violence the appropriate attention. Without the necessary preparation and attention from company management, these incidents will likely continue …

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