This is easy to do since employees win 70% of the time (source: Getting Fired by Steven Mitchell Sack). So keep a vigilant eye out for the 5 early warning signs of worker insubordination and tackle any potential problems before they ruin your workplace. The first recipient, the worker in question, wants a brief account of his or her behavioral problems. With this number of laws, no wonder managers these days feel frightened, worried and cautious whenever they face insubordinate employees needing lay off. See Tool #4 in the jobholder Lay off Toolkit for a separation agreement template you can use. These policies should include potential lay off issues such as tardiness, absenteeism, drug and alcohol abuse both during and after work hours, as well as fraternizing, sexual harassment, stealing and abusing firm property. So you must only tell the human resources department and any corroborators who should attend the termination meeting. This includes documentation of any warnings the manager has placed in the worker's file in the past, which contributed to the lay off decision. This is only further complicated when you don't want to lay off a good worker but you should because of a company reorganization. Therefore, it's easy to believe each employee is much more important than he really is.

Tip #4: Look for a breach of contract. Most Personnel professionals have been in many separation meetings and for them "it's just firm." If an Hr individual isn't available, an experienced manager from another department would work as well. Since lay off is always an emotionally charged situation for both the manager and the worker, you might include some special instructions for the boss. Third, the employee has a written contract (many union personnel and executives have this), and the contract compels a severance payment according to a formula. Sacking executive level personnel is a difficult decision to make and it calls for some tough actions. So what does this mean for you, the manager, if you must sack an underperforming worker?