Topics
- How to decide when it`s time to stop coaching and start disciplining individual employees
- How to turn problem employees around
- Best practices for preparing, communicating, and documenting performance improvement plans for your workers
- How to determine what is appropriate discipline
- The step-by-step procedures you should always follow when discharging an employee
- The most common mistakes employers make with progressive discipline (and how you can avoid repeating them)
- How to handle the termination meeting - who should attend, and what to say and do
- What you should always say - and what you must never say - when letting an employee go
- How to avoid (and defend yourself against) bias and retaliation claims made by departing employees
- The legal thresholds you must meet when firing workers based on bad behavior or poor performance
- The special challenges presented by workers out on leave, from FMLA and USERRA to workers comp
- How to avoid making mistakes when disciplining or terminating older workers and other "protected class" employees
Who should Attend
Senior Management Team, Chief Human Resource Officers, Supervisors, HR Managers, Directors, and Administrators, Training Director and Employment Managers.