Disciplining and Firing
Terminating an Employee? These Are the Legal Ins and Outs You Need to Know
As a business owner or HR manager, you will inevitably have to terminate employees. Keeping these considerations in mind can help to protect you and your company in the long run.
Difficult but Sometimes Necessary: How to Fire an Employee
The process isn't fun but, in order to grow, you need the right people in the right positions. Here are some helpful tips in case you need to let someone go.
Hire Slow, Fire Fast
The Candle Pour's Misty & Dennis Akers share their expertise and help business owners with how they might want to think about staffing and why who you hire is essential to creating an unforgettable experience.
Avoid Elon Musk-Style Firing Sprees by Having Hard Conversations Sooner
Confronting employees who misbehave is never fun (or easy), but company leaders can't afford to ignore bad behavior until it creates larger issues.
6 Actions Even the Least Confrontational Managers Must Take to Hold Employees Accountable
Few people enjoy confrontation, and nobody likes the few who do, but it's your job to speak up for the good of the company.
Anthony Scaramucci Is Out as Communications Director. Maybe It's Not a Good Idea to Publicly Disparage Your Co-Workers?
When you're fired up and saying awful things about people, it can get you fired.
8 Signs You Should Fire an Employee
Distinguishing an employee who needs help from an employee who has run out of chances is part of running your own business.
4 Ways Effective Leaders Deal With Incompetent People
Paradoxically, the weakest members of the team can improve the rest of the team.
6 Ways to Reinvigorate Your Team After Firing an Employee
Good leaders will wisely assess the situation and find the courage to take action following a firing or round of layoffs.
3 Signs It's Time to Fire the Boss
Firing an executive is sure to create anxiety but sometimes you have no alternative except to push past your fears and make a change.
What a 'Best Butt' Award Says About Bad Corporate Culture
Yes, companies have bad employees and managers, but they operate amid a culture that allows them to behave poorly.
Have to Terminate an Employee? Here Are 5 Best Practices.
Important points include minimizing the departing staffer's embarrassment -- and keeping an eye on his or her actual departure.
5 Kinds of Lazy Employees and How to Handle Them
Not everybody who needs a paycheck is enthusiastic about work.
The Right Way to Fire an Employee
Start with the bad news, tell them when the last check will be in their bank account and get them out the door.
Yelp CEO Responds to Employee Fired After She Wrote a Post About Her Low Pay
Talia Jane, who worked for the company's food delivery arm Eat24, wrote an open letter to Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelmann on Friday.