There can’t be any hint that this has any relation to their absence for medical

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Mar 8, 2019
2:15:18pm

KingDave All-American

There can’t be any hint that this has any relation to their absence for medical

reasons. I’d wait until the employee has been back to work for a month before firing them.

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KingDave

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Time

How long do I wait to fire this employee?

3/8/19 2:09pm

is the employee already on some type of probation/performance improvement plan?

molodyets

3/8/19 2:13pm

Yes. Multiple warnings given

3/8/19 2:15pm

Documented?

Josef K

3/8/19 2:22pm

Via email

3/8/19 6:00pm

Just warnings or an actual improvement plan with regular meetings?

molodyets

3/8/19 2:24pm

We are a small firm. The employee sits 20 feet away

3/8/19 6:01pm

Crap dude, I'm not in surgery. I'm golfing.

Ragnar Danneskjold

3/8/19 2:14pm

Where are you golfing, course and place. I want to see how jealous I should be

BYU71

3/8/19 2:28pm

RE: Where are you golfing, course and place. I want to see how jealous I should be

Ragnar Danneskjold

3/8/19 2:57pm

RE: Where are you golfing, course and place. I want to see how jealous I should

jkccoug

3/8/19 3:09pm

I can't bring that up. Name of course

BYU71

3/8/19 3:10pm

There can’t be any hint that this has any relation to their absence for medical

KingDave

3/8/19 2:15pm

I don't know - seems like if multiple warnings were given, then it can be shown

Breaded Hamster

3/8/19 2:22pm

If they think they'll be fired, som conniving smart bad actors

Cougarclaw

3/8/19 2:41pm

While health could be related to this, it might be due to stress from knowing

Breaded Hamster

3/8/19 2:56pm

If keeping them for a bit doesn't hurt fiscal health of the company...

3/8/19 2:21pm

How well documented is your pre-existing lack of satisfaction?

jkccoug

3/8/19 2:22pm

Your dilemna is one of the reasons I got out of the corporate

BYU71

3/8/19 2:24pm

Chances are good that this employee is already well aware that their job is at risk.

lightmann

3/8/19 2:27pm

We had a “3 strikes you’re out” discussion

3/8/19 6:03pm

I'm a management-side employment lawyer. You need to finesse this.

Brutus216

3/8/19 2:31pm

This is a tricky situation. Is there any way to overlap your arrival and their

ebv

3/8/19 2:34pm

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smokymountainrain

3/8/19 2:35pm

you should have acted on your 1st intuition

claw

3/8/19 2:51pm

Wow. I think you'll need to sit on this one for a few months

newbie

3/8/19 2:56pm

How sad that we’ve come to a point where an owner of a company can’t release an

kotacoug

3/8/19 3:24pm

Because the voice of the people through their elected representatives and

ebv

3/8/19 5:23pm

It’s just as ridiculous as now

kotacoug

3/8/19 10:16pm

No. Not at all. Go read about working conditions back then.

ebv

3/9/19 6:01am

if You are referring to physical working conditions then you can take your

kotacoug

3/9/19 9:54am

Nah. You were suggesting that employers should be able to fire employees for

ebv

3/9/19 9:55pm

Just shoot them a text. Done and done.

3/8/19 3:31pm

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