• Decrease your likelihood of getting sued
• Eliminate problem employees and improve company morale
• Prepare for terminations the right way
• Keep emotions – both yours and the fired employee’s – in check
• Take discipline as far as you can before resorting to firing an employee
• Identify key employment laws and regulations every manager needs to know

Anyone in a position in which they can terminate an employee must have this training. Without it, you and your company are leaving yourselves wide open for lawsuits.

• New managers and supervisors
• Small-business owners
• Human Resources personnel
• Veteran management team members who want to stay current with the legal aspects of firing employees
• Team leaders
• Nonsupervisors who will be promoted soon
• And you!

Don’t take a chance that a simple mistake causes you to end up in court! Enroll today and learn how to take the fear and frustration out of terminating employees.

Coaching and Counseling Steps to Salvage an Employee

• Helping employees get once last chance
• Coaching techniques that will prove in court that you tried to help an employee
• The top 4 frustrating discipline problems you’ll face as a manager – and how to solve them
• Making sure all your pre- termination counseling sessions are legal
• Exploring all your alternatives to firing before following through with the termination meeting
• When to bring in your HR department for help and advice
• The 5 steps of progressive discipline

Taking the First Steps Toward Firing an Employee

• Ensuring your termination procedure is legally airtight
• Legally acceptable grounds for termination
• Common misconceptions that may be keeping you from firing problem employees
• The best method for documenting problem behavior
• What are your responsibilities as an employer? What are your rights?
• Mastering the most proven termination techniques
• What to do about “good performers” who have a poisonous attitude that wrecks morale

Handling Legally Safe Terminations, Resignations, and Layoffs

• What to do before … during … and after firing someone
• The best place and time to terminate an employee (new information that may surprise you)
• How to react to the employee who begs you for a second chance – be careful about what you say
• A proven plan to follow when you’re forced to reduce staff
• How to anticipate and handle employee emotions during – and after – a layoff
• The first thing you should do when an employee voluntarily resigns
• Why releases and grievance procedures can be your best legal protection

Better Cope With YOUR Emotions During the Termination Process

• How to take the guilt out of firing an employee – even when it’s 100% warranted
• 2 rules you must follow when letting the hotheaded employee go
• How to handle the personal stress of firings and layoffs
• How to avoid the one method of firing that will destroy your remaining staff’s loyalty and confidence in you
• What to do about the cavalier employee who dares you to fire him
• How to handle the employee who refuses to sign a written warning

Special Section: What to Do If a Terminated Employee Sues You

• The legal documentation you’ll be expected to provide in court
• How to keep the lawsuit from being a case of “he said/she said”
• Case studies of managers who decided they could ignore the Civil Rights Act
• If your company is sued – 3 ways to come out a winner in court
• Conduct expected from you when you’re in court
  

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