Energy companies shut down production and refining operations throughout the weekend in preparation for an intensifying Hurricane Gustav to hit in the heart of the Gulf of Mexico oil patch.

Looking Ahead: Major Economic Reports for the Week
Industrial and productivity data will dominate the economic calendar this week.


You can fire a worker who can't do the job adequately. When the worker has a behavioral problem such as attendance, you can often fire in a month or less. The separation settlement template (Tool #4) in this toolkit meets those ADEA requirements. what to say when sacking a worker. Please see at Tool #3 "Fill-In-the Blank Notices" in the worker Dismissal Toolkit (attached to the end of this book). You've already read about preparing severance packages in Chapter 8 - Step 4. You must layoff those on your "hit list" and let the percentage numbers fall where they may. With the sue-happy nation we live in, it is easy for a sacked employee to bring a case against you and claim that you had no real ground for termination. While employees clearly appreciate the advanced warning, some employers wait to inform the bad news.

The exception to all this is if she has overwhelming misbehavior and then you can sack her right away. The firing notification is a substantial part of the dismissal process. Unemployment compensation gives personnel a transitional source of income when they lose their jobs. You'll have to write the notification yourself. This training manual gives you several separation procedures and options. The harsh reality, however, is that you'll likely run across a few bad seeds along the way that seemed full of promise but ended up being nothing but a disappointment. The wrong employees and the wrong approach to terminating workforce can cost a sole proprietor his or her livelihood.