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When an employee fails to live up to expectations on the job, or if economic problems arise that lead to downsizing the company, somebody has to be the one designated to discipline employees and terminate
employees' contracts.
The individual being dismissed
His/her family
Other departmental employees
The company
Legally, a dismissal must be documented as to the reason and in some cases must show
that the employee has been informed of the deficiency and given a chance and assistance
to improve prior to being fired.
Laws are specific about factors that may not be used as
reason for termination.
There are unions that support employees and ethical values that should prevent companies from firing people without a good reason.
It is imperative that HR personnel review each case with company lawyers before they fire an employee.
Sometimes personal problems between employees occur and affect the job.
Discipline should be imposed fairly and consistently and should be appropriate considering the infraction.
If contract cancellation is considered, decision makers should decide the termination based on a thorough and fair investigation.
Results of the investigation should be available for review by the employees involved.
HR must hear an appeal if someone thinks the decision is unfair. In case of an appeal, HR would be the unbiased party to make the final decision based on the facts and guided by the company's rules and regulations, not personal opinion.
The action of ending an employee’s contract usually in the form of firing them.
The action of reducing the number of employees in a company through terminating certain contracts or departments as a whole.
The rate at which employees are being let go or replaced in a company.
Laws that are related to and protects the rights and responsibilities of workers.
The Group is a big retail company with over 700 employees.The Group owns and operates Cozmo, a supermarket chain. They also operate well-known franchises like Hamleys for toys, BHS for clothes, and Readers for books.
Because the retail industry has a high job turnover among the front line
jobs.
This turnover is due to the fact that most front-liners are part-time college students who take these job as a temporary income source to cover basic needs while attending school.
She thinks this is understandable, but also believes that this turnover may affect the business negatively if taken lightly.
Because new employees need a lot of training & the HR department must ensure that all employees understand the mission and the vision of the organization and fulfill what is expected of them in terms of customer service.
‘If a man is called to be a street-sweeper, he should sweep
streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote
poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to
say, “Here lived a great street-sweeper who did his job well.”
Martin Luther King Jr.